Minnesota State Capitol number . Daniel Chester French. J^ Copyright 9051 by D,C. French. permanent lesson to theni in the difiference betweensplendor and mere costliness. When one thinks ofsome of the prodigiously expensive public buildings inthe Eastern States—it is scarcely necessary to nainethem—one is conscicjus of the great happiness of theseWestern communities in arriving later at wealth andpower and the desire of appropriately displaying every dollar of the millions appropriated for thisbuilding has been honestly spent, and for value re-ceived, is creditable to the
Minnesota State Capitol number . Daniel Chester French. J^ Copyright 9051 by D,C. French. permanent lesson to theni in the difiference betweensplendor and mere costliness. When one thinks ofsome of the prodigiously expensive public buildings inthe Eastern States—it is scarcely necessary to nainethem—one is conscicjus of the great happiness of theseWestern communities in arriving later at wealth andpower and the desire of appropriately displaying every dollar of the millions appropriated for thisbuilding has been honestly spent, and for value re-ceived, is creditable to the people and the politicians ofthe State; that the value has been received not only inhonest building and good material but in beauty andtaste and art is their good fortune. 32 & THE WESTERN ARCHITECT. Photo by Edmund A. Brush. THE MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOLCass Gilbert, Architect, New
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