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Excerpt from The Elements of Civil Architecture: According to Vitruvius and Other Ancients, and the Most Approved Practice of Modern Authors, Especially Palladio
The wants of man, in solitude or in society, are the sources of his invention and industry. The first of his needs, after the means of subsist ence, is that of protection for his person and stores, against the severity of climate and the mutability of seasons.
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