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hands to be wrought into this well ordered harmony of multi-farious forms.

If we humans can express so much love 
& calm & strength surly [[surely]] someday we shall be able to order our whole life into one great concordend [[concordant]] expresion [[expression]] of beauty -

I had lunch at a small cafè on the place de Alma & afterwads [[afterwards]] spent the afternoon at the theatre des Champs E. where I heard some Itailan oprea[[Italian opera]] & there with the divine purpose of joining and holding them in place. And as my gaze turned back to the place catlet [[?]] and to the marvelous flowering of the tour St. Jacque it was every where met by clean and well ordered forms built up or cut out of stone - - - Crued [[crude]] stone - since the beginning of things - living deep in the side of the mountain - With the pasing [[passing]] of the centuries it has flowed throu many houman

Transcription Notes:
It seems like there are typos, however I believe this is the spelling the person used while writing this letter (i.e. Itailan vs Italian), however I would like this double checked please. "place de alma" may refer to the Pont de l'Alma