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[NB.23L]                                                              [NB.23]							23
                                                                      
   evident perpendicular period.                                      a Capital if good without its abacus
    - its whole effect spacious &                                     is bad with it. Yet . q. divide Capls
   fine: but half like a hall - not                                   into those whose vast abaci [as?] notes them
   a cathedral:                                                       importantly conspicuous. and those which are
                                                                      to be considered one with abacus
+ A properly organic capital is also laterally                        Now. suppose the space a  b   given
   so. Consider the difference in effect                              
   between their various plans [diagram] [diagram]                    [diagram] a  b  [diagram] c	I imagine the
  [diagram]  [diagram]  [drawing]                                     				arrangement a. is
					[drawing]                                                        				always  [ grander?] than
                                                                      				arrangement b  c
[drawing]  [drawing]			[diagram]                                      				The first  [idea?] of
                                                                      				a capital is an
                                                                      				expansion to [form?]
                                                                      				[more?] [convergent?]
                                                                      				another arrangement







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