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FEW more marvellous creations of constructive art have burst in rapidly maturing beauty upon the eye than the noble vis-à-vis which now faces the Palace of Westminster, and looks across the Thames at it from the opposite stretch of Embankment, rendering the site which is centred by Mr. Page's graceful bridge, one of the most remarkable that is to be found in the chief cities of the world. The Hospital may possibly be held to be subordinate to the Palace in dignity and grandeur of external form; but in two particulars it must be admitted to be in no way inferior to its rival. It is dedicated to a purpose of highest and purest beneficence, the alleviation of human suffering, and to unceasing conflict with one of the most potent of the powers of physical evil; and it is a chef-d'æuvre of perfection and completeness for the accomplishment of the end to which it is destined. Within thirty-one short months this vast building has been so far advanced under the hands of a staff of nearly 900 workmen, that it is now quite possible to take a comprehensive view of the purpose and plan of its designers, and fairly to contemplate in its most advanced form the idea of what a public Hospital should be in these days of scientific development and conquest.
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M., R. The New Hospital of St. Thomas . Nature 3, 201–202 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003201a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003201a0