A Greek architect of the great epoch would no more have thought of omitting the mark of the harmonic scale of proportion, on which the design was bas… - Ernest Flagg

When one understands the principles of design, his taste will have something more solid as a basis than mere whim or fancy, which in the untutored is more likely to be bad than good. Acquainted with the rules of good design he will not accept articles made in defiance of them.

Refinement. While the possession of this quality is due, in the first instance, to education, it is also largely a matter of temperament.

One of the most ancient and inexpensive ways of obtaining shelter, was to utilize the space under sloping roof rafters. Indian wigwams have no other kind. Where civilization is slightly more advanced, low stone walls are built upon which the feet of the rafters rest.