What are the temples which Roman robbers have reared, - what are the towers in which feudal oppression has fortified itself..to the deep forests which the eye of God has alone pervaded, and where Nature, in her unviolated sanctuary, has for ages laid her fruits and flowers on His altar! What is the echo of roofs..or or aisles that pealed the anthems of painted pomp, to the silence that has reigned in these dim groves since the first fiat of Creation was spoken. Charles Fenno Hoffman
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There is wonder in the very idea of these temples and towers. The very idea of elevating elevations, wherever they may be, so that kings and lords could gaze upon them and love to do so. If they were to be built or erected even in the depths of the woods, where only God Himself could see them, it would be a most wonderful thing.

Source: A Winter In The West

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