The Identity of Meaning

In daily use a wooden board or a black line have but the meaning of their thickness and their length, and are only what they can be within these limits.

Many boards and many lines will multiply, but cannot better the result.

But, when boards are shaped handsomely to make a thing of use, or line joins line to render a design lovely to behold, we are rewarded with a wealth of meaning.

That meaning will be greater than the number of the parts by the exact measure of our labors of the hand and brain.