It would be difficult to describe the building of a cathedral without reference to Christianity, but Macaulay does not focus on the religious motivation of the people of Chutreaux. He balances the idealism of building to glorify God with the universal and more human desire "to build the longest, widest, highest, and most beautiful cathedral" in the country. The text introduces the bishop and the clergymen in charge of the construction, but the book sticks to the business.....
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