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A TRACT OF MISCELLANIES. 



156. In the construction or upbuilding of every 

 human fabric, would it not be well for man to 

 assume as his standard of taste, that which is 

 observable in the organic structures of the Great 

 Architect all of which, with rare exceptions, pre- 

 sent externally symmetrical forms have the per- 

 fection of fitness impressed upon every part, and 

 with the exception of colour, have mainly the 

 absence of all ornament ? 



from the lungs, ought not to be inspired a second time. At a 

 temperature of 96 or thereabouts, it rises to the ceiling of an 

 apartment, where some way of escape for it should be provided. 

 It is therefore proposed that the space between the upper part of 

 the door of each apartment and the ceiling, should be left open, 

 and fresh air admitted through the ventilator in the lobby from 

 openings in the roof of the cottage, which in its descent would 

 pass through air of a higher temperature, and coming in contact 

 with the walls and floor and furniture, would reach the sleeping 

 apartments divested of its superfluous moisture, and with its 

 temperature considerably modified. 



