Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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one has been much more eſteemed than the
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other, for the Sake of the Superiority of the
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far carried away by the Deſire of Glory, as
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raſhly to attempt any thing entirely new and
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unuſual: Therefore be ſure to examine and
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conſider thoroughly what you are going to un
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dertake, even in its minuteſt Parts; and re
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member how difficult it is to find Workmen
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that ſhall exactly execute any extraordinary
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Idea which you may form, and with how much
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Grudging and Unwillingneſs People will ſpend
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their Money in making Trial of your Fancies.
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means of which there are ſo few great Struc
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tures but what have ſome unpardonable Ble
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miſhes. </
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criticize, and fond of being thought Counſel
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lors and Directors. </
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>Now as, by reaſon of the
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Shortneſs of Man's Life, few great Works are
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compleated by the firſt Undertaker, we that
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ſucceed him, either out of Envy or Officiouſ
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neſs, are vain of making ſome Alteration in his
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original Deſign. </
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begun is ſpoiled in the finiſhing. </
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ſon I think we ſhould adhere to the original
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Deſign of the Inventor, who we are to ſuppoſe
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had maturely weighed and conſidered it. </
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poſſible he might have ſome wiſe Inducement
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to do what he did, which upon a more dili
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gent and attentive Examination, you may at
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length diſcover yourſelf. </
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make any Alteration, never do it without the
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Advice, or rather abſolute Direction of the moſt
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approved and experienced Maſters: By which
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means you will both provide for the Neceſſi
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ties of the Structure, and ſecure yourſelf againſt
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the Malice of envious Tongues. </
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treated of publick Buildings, and of private; of
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ſacred, and of profane; of thoſe which relate
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to Dignity, and thoſe of Pleaſure. </
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mains is to ſhew how any Defects in an Edi
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fice, which have ariſen either from Ignorance
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or Negligence, from the Violence of Men or
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Times, or from unfortunate and unforeſeen
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Accidents, may be repaired and amended:
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Still hoping that theſe Arts will meet with the
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Favour and Protection of the Learned.</
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The End of Book
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