Ch. 36 : Another City
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We are rounding out our absorbing study of Democracy. Thus, turning slowly upon the momentous axis of our theme, are we coming more and more fully into the light of our sun: the refulgent and resplendent and life-giving sun of our art — an art of aspirant democracy! Let us then be on our way; for our sun is climbing ever higher. Let us be adoing; lest it set before we know the glory and the import of its light, and we sink again into the twilight and the gloom from which we have come.
— Louis Sullivan
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We are rounding out our absorbing study of Democracy. Thus, turning slowly upon the momentous axis of our theme, are we coming more and more fully into the light of our sun: the refulgent and resplendent and life-giving sun of our art — an art of aspirant democracy! Let us then be on our way; for our sun is climbing ever higher. Let us be adoing; lest it set before we know the glory and the import of its light, and we sink again into the twilight and the gloom from which we have come." in the context of "Ch. 36 : Another City" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Louis Sullivan" (Quotes, Kindergarten Chats (1918): First presented in 1901, as revised in 1918 and published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other Writings (1947))
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About Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, the "father of modernism", and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.
About Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, the "father of modernism", and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.
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