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 associates them with a sound or a form, and, by this effort at the expression of his own life, gives proof of his capacity to excel in Music and in Architecture. The two Arts differ widely in their method and in their appeal. The one seeks to evolve harmonies of sound that thrill us for the moment, that die to the physical ear, and only live in the memory and in the soul. The other seeks to produce permanent, visible structures which appeal to the eye, to historic association and to imagination, which is the eye of the soul. Architecture, in the words of our greatest living teacher, is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man for whatever uses, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power and pleasure. It includes all buildings, whether raised for God's service and honour, or monuments and tombs to commemorate man's achievement, or genius, or heroism, or saintliness, or devoted service to great causes. It includes every edifice raised by nations or societies for purposes of common business or pleasure, all private or public architecture