Quote#Beauty
Dodgson was overcome by the beauty of Cologne Cathedral. I found him…
Quote byHenry Liddon · 1829–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Russian Journal (1867), ed. Morton Cohen (1979), p. 13..
English (original)
Dodgson was overcome by the beauty of Cologne Cathedral. I found him leaning against the rails of the Choir and sobbing like a child. When the verger came to show us over the chapels behind the Choir, he got out of the way, he said that he could not bear the harsh voice of the man in the presence of so much beauty.
— Henry Liddon
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