A stone-mason may be a mere machine for breaking rock or he
may be an architect’s assistant. It all depends on his point
of view. If he is absolutely ignorant of the purpose of the
stone which he hammers he will be the machine. But if he has
even a remote idea that his block of stone is going to be set
somewhere between the base line and the finial of a cathedral
of a thousand years his work graduates into the artistic. The
knowledge that the earnest expectation of the cathedral waits
for his chunk of stone makes that stone mean something more than
stone to him.--T. C. MCCLELLAND.
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=Purpose of God=--See PLANS, HUMAN, TRANSCENDED.
=Purpose, Organic=--See DESIGN OF GOD.
=Puzzling, Things that are=--See MYSTERY IN RELIGION.
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=Qualities Admired=--See APPRECIATION OF CHARACTER.