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began the construction of a tower from the top of which, in safe seclu- 

 sion, he might view the entourage. However, the foundations of the 

 tower involved architectural problems of the greatest interest. Doubt- 

 less a tower of sorts could have been built without foundations, but this 

 would not have been becoming to a careful and scientific man. Sadly 

 enough it happened that Fu was still working, quite successfully, at 

 the foundations when the Emperor went by. — E. E. Free. 



