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709. Chiefly for form s sake reference must be made 

 to the gathering together and consolidation which, in our 

 times, has been set up in the architect s profession. There 

 is little to remark further than that, the members of it hav 

 ing been but few during earlier periods, when the amount 

 of architectural building was relatively small, segregation 

 and association of them could scarcely occur. Recently, 

 however, there has been formed an Institute of Architects, 

 and the body of men devoted to the art is tending more and 

 more to make itself definite by imposing tests of qualifica 

 tion. 



At the same time cultivation of the art and maintenance 

 of the interests of those pursuing it are achieved by sundry 

 special periodicals. 



