It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning: ,,; as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials, but their being fitted each to its place, that gives strength to the arch; ,,; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.
