Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral: a thing as single and specious as a statue to the first glance, and yet, on examination, as lively and interesting as a forest in detail.

人类建造大教堂时的灵感，真是无与伦比：乍看如雕像般浑然一体、外观壮美，细看却又像森林一样，处处生动有趣。