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266-269. This (primary) object of architecture¹ should be carefully kept in view in connection with buildings of gods and men². Root as it is of (all) good and evil (in architectural matters) none of its parts should be rendered defective³. If through ignorance (of the architects) any of its (several) parts be rendered defective the master