de pulchritudine

[beluosus]

In via aedificium King's college admirabar : fornices eius magnas, turres grandes, ornamenta nobilia. deinde abulantes secundum viam ad trivium advenimus ut non iam King's videremus causa aedificii recentis, arcae ingentis, cuius fronti concreti nudi, finestris vitri subnigri, formae utilis nec ullo modo belli. Istud monstrum me carceris, vel cuiusdam collegii americani, commonefecit. Atque funditus scholam pulchram ab eius tergo celat. Sed et ad aedificia bella trans viam vergit, haud enim procul ab ecclesia S. Pauli stat. Quam difforme, inquam Melli ostendens, in media via amoena aedificatum'st ; nolim inibi laborare, sed de finestris aliorum haec moles conspectui nocet ; saltem conspectus ex ea est pulcher.

Attamen quid pulchritudini architecturam obtinet, pro hominibus est valde dissimile. si moles difformis aedificitur, circum eam alia aedificia manent. Sed si homo est difformis -- aut mori aut corpori -- ab ea alii fugunt.

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[webcowgirl.livejournal.com]

We went to Kings College yesterday but as it's not the one near St. Paul's I'm guessing it was a different place. It did rock mightily, however.

[beluosus]

We were at the building housing the Maughan Library and Foyle special collections where Mel works, walking south on Chancery Lane. Walking up Fleet Street, St. Pauls comes into view.