The Builder, Vol. 84 PDF Download

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396060380
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 916

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Excerpt from The Builder, Vol. 84: Jan. To June 1903 The last chapters in the history of this most famous of cities are perhaps as singular, and exhibit as curious traits of humanity at large, as any written in the earliest ages. The Jewish immigration, apparently without a scope, the objectless rivalry of the Christian sects, the unforeseen consequences of a small German colonisa tion, are as remarkable in their degree as the Crusades or the Biblical stories. An unfortunate fate hangs over Jerusalem - its history is the most interesting in the world, but of all its innumerable phases hardly a fragment remains in any monumental or artistic form. It seems a city doomed to perish perpetually, with every successive generation of its inhabitants. It remains to be'seen if modern influences will have any effect in giving to the city monumental buildings of a more permanent character. 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.