Loftier

If you really think about it, everything is wonderful in this world, everything except for our thoughts and deeds when we forget about the loftier goals of existence, about our human dignity.

Switzerland has alpine regions loftier and more imposing, Russia vaster steppes, and Norway more arctic scenery: but nowhere else in Europe do arctic and tropic so nearly meet as in Spain.

Brunel took a site-specific approach - for example, using stone piers for many of the longer and loftier spans, but timber piles for muddier environs that called for lighter-weight structures.