“I have been brought up in the 13th century belief, and in that belief I intend to die.”

—  William Burges

William Burges The Builder, Vol 34, 1876, p. 18: Cited in: Peter Galloway, The cathedrals of Ireland, 1992, p. 62; Also cited in Crook (2004)

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