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"The Prospects of Architecture in Civilization," speech, London (10 Mar 1880) - Morris, William | WIST Quotations
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement: a sanded floor and whitewashed walls, and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside; or a grimy palace amid the smoke with a regiment of housemaids always working to smear the…