text:  They would admit of any kind of ornament that would not destroy their principle of utility;--for ornament ceases to be ornament when it negatives the purpose of the object to which it is applied--it becomes in such a case a mere excrescence: they might be edged and lined with any the most sumptuous or the plainest materials: they might be attached round the neck by rich cords of gold and jewelled clasps; or they might be fastened with simple ribands