I shall endeavor so to lead the reader forward from the
foundation upwards, as that he may find out for himself the best way of
doing everything, and having so discovered it, never forget it. I shall
give him stones, and bricks, and straw, chisels, and trowels, and the
ground, and then ask him to build; only helping him, as I can, if I find
him puzzled. And when he has built his house or church, I shall ask him
to ornament it, and leave it to him to choose the ornaments as I did to
find out the construction: I shall use no influence with him whatever,
except to counteract previous prejudices, and leave him, as far as may
be, free. And when he has thus found out how to build, and chosen his
forms of decoration, I shall do what I can to confirm his confidence in
what he has done. I shall assure him that no one in the world could, so
far, have done better, and require him to condemn, as futile or
fallacious, whatever has no resemblance to his own performances.

FOOTNOTES:

[28] Appendix 13, "Mr. Fergusson's System."

[29] Appendix 14, "Divisions of Humanity."

[30] Triglyph. Literally, "Three Cut." The awkward upright ornament
with two notches in it, and a cut at each side, to be seen
everywhere at the tops of Doric colonnades, ancient and modern.

[31] Pediment. The triangular space above Greek porticoes, as on the
Mansion House or Royal Exchange.

[32] Appendix 15: "Instinctive Judgments."

CHAPTER III.

THE SIX DIVISIONS OF ARCHITECTURE.

Sec. I. The practical duties of buildings are twofold.

They have either (1), to hold and protect something; or (2), to place or
carry something.

1. Architecture of Protection. This is architecture intended to
protect men or their possessions from violence of any kind, whether
of men or of the elements. It will include all churches, houses, and
treasuries; fortresses, fences, and ramparts; the architecture of the
hut and sheepfold; of the palace and the citadel: of the dyke,
breakwater, and sea-wall. And the protection, when of living
creatures, is to be understood as including commodiousness and
comfort of habitation, wherever these are possible under the given
circumstances.

2. Architecture of Position. This is architecture intended to carry
men or things to some certain places, or to hold them there. This
will include all bridges, aqueducts, and road architecture;
light-houses, which have to hold lig