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Michael O'Niell's comment is very interesting, a bit breathless, but what about this: "The Victorians understood the appropriate scale of innovation and development."? Are these the same Victorians who built the Crystal Palace or the Forth Rail Bridge, or who indulged in ludicrous gigantism in such buildings as the Midland Hotel or (albeit abroad) the Palais de Justice in Brussels? 19th century architecture (including the Houses of Parliament) is all about overwhelming, overbearing scale. If he thinks there's some kind of qualitative difference because of the gothic detailing, then I'm sorry but that's bunkum.

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