PART II. 



I WAS then in Germany, attracted thither by the 

 wars in that country, which have not yet been brought 

 to a termination ; and as I was returning to the army 

 from the coronation of the Emperor, the setting in 

 of winter arrested me in a locality where, as I found 

 no society to interest me, and was besides fortu- 

 nately undisturbed by any cares or passions, I 

 remained the whole day in seclusion,* with full 

 opportunity to occupy my attention with my own 

 thoughts. Of these one of the very first that 

 occurred to me was, that there is seldom so much 

 perfectiotLJ 11 works Composed of many separate'* 

 parts, upon which different hands have been] 

 employed, as in those completed by a single master. 

 Thus it is observable that the buildings which a 

 single architect has planned and executed, are gener- 

 ally more elegant and commodious than those which 

 several have attempted to improve, by making old 

 walls serve for purposes for which they were not 

 originally built. Thus also, those ancient cities 

 which, from being at first only villages, have 

 become, in course of time, large towns, are usually 

 but ill laid out compared with the regularly con- 

 structed towns which a professional architect has 



* Literally, in a room heated by means of a stove. Tr. 

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