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dedicated to those buildings a degree of study CHAP, 
which, added to his knowledge of the arts, well . y . 
qualified him to decide upon a question as to 
the relative merits of the Athenian and Posidonian Athenian, 
c -~ , . TT . . . Posido- 
specimens ot Grecian architecture. His opinion man, and 
is very remarkable : he considered the temples 
of Pcestum as examples of a purer style ; or, as he ture ' 
termed it, of a more correct and classical taste. 
" In those buildings," said he, " the Doric order 
attained a pre-eminence beyond which it never 
passed ; not a stone has been there placed 
without some evident and important design; 
every part of the structure bespeaks its own 
essential utility." He held the same opinion 
with regard to the Temple of the Panhellenian 
Jupiter in the Island of Mgina. " Of such a 
nature," he added, " were works in architec- 
ture, when the whole aim of the architect 
was to unite grandeur with utility ; the former 
being founded on the latter. All then was 
truth, strength, and sublimity." According to 
his opinion, a different character is applicable 
to the Parthenon. In this building, the Doric, 
having attained its due proportions, was sup- 
posed to be displayed with every perfection 
which the arts of Greece could accomplish ; but 
this has not been the case. In all that relates to 
