Not that all architectural ornament is to be neglected even in the rudest periods; but let our houses first be lined with beauty, where they come in contact with our lives, like the tenement of the shellfish, and not overlaid with it.

• 这倒不是说一切建筑的装饰甚至可以在最初的阶段里完全忽略掉；而是说可以把我们房屋里和我们生活有联系的部分搞得美一点，就像贝壳的内壁那样，但千万不能搞得过分的美。