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fied, because we find utility combined with fitting 

 beauty. 



The same effect of dissatisfaction is produced by an 

 immense palace set on a small estate, which is sur- 

 rounded by the huts of poverty, or a vast park with 

 an insignificant cottage in the centre. 



"Buildings then must stand in appropriate relation 

 to their surroundings and always have a positive 

 purpose. Hence one should be very careful in the 

 matter of temples, which in ancient times had a 

 quite different, popular religious significance, and 

 also with meaningless monuments, if they are to 

 leave a deeply moving and not a trivial impression. 

 The trite, incoherent manner in which in these days 

 Mythology is taken up, makes it desirable to abandon 

 it entirely, and similarly to refrain from the rule of 

 inscriptions which are intended in certain localities 

 to arouse certain sentiments. 



"The most important building in the estate or park 

 is naturally the dwelling house. It should be suited 

 not only to the surroundings, but also to the posi- 

 tion, the means, and even to the calling of the owner. 

 The roomy castle and its battlements and towers are 

 perhaps unsuitable to the merchant, but quite becom- 

 ing to the noble aristocrat, the fame of whose family 

 has been handed down for centuries, and whose 

 forefathers really needed them, to enclose their abode 

 in strongholds. The elder Repton (Amenity Repton 

 so named) went so far as to hide entirely with trees 

 the fine view of the city of Bristol, in order that the 



