wherein lewis carroll gets all emo over the sight of a flying buttress
[Carroll] was overcome by the beauty of Cologne Cathedral. I found him leaning against the rails of the Choir, and sobbing like a child. When the verger came to show us over the chapels, he got out of the way. He said that he could not bear the harsh voice of the man in the presence of so much beauty.
from: life and letters of henry parry liddon (1904).
