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C AUG. 2

our steps were directed. Scaffolding and workmen are everywhere visible, but the busy clank of the hammer does not for foretell completion of this noble gothic building but merely the preservation of the little that was finished centuries since. Fortunate it is that the choir, which is generally the most important part is complete; its fine tapestry windows of coloured glass, more lanthorne-like than were those of Aix seeming to soar up to heaven itself & carrying with them the soul of the beholder. Of a comparatively earthly nature are our feelings on viewing the shrine of the 3 wise men of the east who guided by the star came from afar to bring presents unto the Saviour. How does a true believer imagine that the mortal remains the very skulls of these kings, as they are called, are before him, & the shrine of silver & gold & precious stones is not too rich for

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