“Let us not submit to the vile doctrine of the 19th century that every enterprise must justify in pounds, shillings and pence of cash income… why should we not add in every substantial city the dignity of an ancient university or a European capital… an ample theatre, a concert hall, a dance fall, a gallery, cafés and so forth.

“Assuredly we can afford this and much more… We are immeasurably richer than our predecessors. It is not evident that some sophistry, some fallacy, governs our collective action if we are forced to be so much meaner than they in the embellishments of life.”

This is such a nice quote! I love this! At the same time, I feel a tinge of sadness, that this sort of sentiment is still just a sentiment that’s not widespread, and there are lots of people “submit(ted) to the vile doctrine of the 19th century that every enterprise must justify in pounds, shillings and pence of cash income…“ Heck! We have major political parties that are working exactly for that doctrine!