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[VB.54L]                                                              [VB.54]							54
                                                                      
		[diagram]                                                           [architectural change]
                                                                      
                                                                      						[?]
	Capital [?]                                                          These changes are in some [respect?] necessary,
	nave Valence                                                         [unavoidable?] [?] but they are
                                                                      for the most part consequent
                                                                      on the demands of vanity & luxury
	Valence. Nave caps                                                   and ought? are as easily to
                                                                      be avoided as deeply to
                                                                      be regretted: For one
                                                                      monument of ancient custom
                                                                      which its age renders insecure
                                                                      or of which sanity or
                                                                      commercial necessities justify
                                                                      the removal, twenty are
                                                                      sacrificed in ignorance or
                                                                      pride - to [?]
                                                                      [on?]  [?] novelty in the display
                                                                      		[?]
                                                                      of an imaginary improvement
                                                                      It has so happened that at Venice
                                                                      the [rage?] of innovation has been
                                                                      checked by [?] respect for the
                                                                      dignity. or consideration of the
                                                                      value of the buildings raised in
                                                                      epochs more remote & [?] that
                                                                      [?]
                                                                      [number of examples [remain?]

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