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> [“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide swelters round them; the city is buried in a dusky gloom save where the lights begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/they-bear-down-upon-westminster-the-ghost-consecrated-abbey-and-the/)

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## More by Hume Nisbet

> [“When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/when-a-man-devotes-himself-body-and-spirit-to-a-single-object-if-he/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

> [“They bear down upon Westminster, the ghost-consecrated Abbey, and the history-crammed Hall, through the arches of the bridge with a rush as the tide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/they-bear-down-upon-westminster-the-ghost-consecrated-abbey-and-the/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

> [“There is no river in the world to be compared for majesty and the witchery of association, to the Thames; it impresses even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/there-is-no-river-in-the-world-to-be-compared-for-majesty-and-the/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

> [“Through silent alleys where dark shadows fleeted past them like forest beasts on the prowl; through bustling market-places where bloaters predominated, into crammed gin-palaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/through-silent-alleys-where-dark-shadows-fleeted-past-them-like/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

> [“They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early potatoes into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/they-were-both-young-men-under-thirty-art-is-not-so-precocious-as/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

> [“You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hume-nisbet/you-will-find-very-exquisite-flowers-sometime-even-on-a-dust-heap-as/)

[Hume Nisbet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hume-nisbet/)

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