When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.[Quand on sait voir, on retrouve l’esprit d’un siècle et la physionomie d’un roi jusque dans un marteau de porte.]
Source:(Little, Brown & Com., ed. 1888), Book III, Chapter II. A Birds'-Eye View of Paris, Page 197
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