Excerpt from The Life of James Gandon, Esq., M. R. I. A., F. R. S., Etc., Architect: With Original Notices of Contemporary Artists, and Fragments of Essays To be permitted in any way to assist in placing before the public the claims of so great a man as his distinguished father, should excite the ambition, and stimulate the exertions of any man; for there has not appeared within the last century, perhaps, so scientific, so accomplished an architect, if we regard that art in its high classic purity. It is true that the perfection of all architectural science, and of all architectural skill, is centered in the Grecian temple; the Parthenon, for instance, leaves us nothing to wish for its grand simplicity, its lengthened and unbroken lines, its unity of effect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.