"The tyranny alike of church and state has been curbed, and true power is now known to reside where forever it must remain β in the people."
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Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 β April 14, 1924) was an American architect, the "father of modernism", and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.
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