This section is from the book "Our Homes And Their Adornments", by Almon C. Varney. Also available from Amazon: Our Homes and Their Adornments.
When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of construction: Which, if we find outweighs ability, What do we then, but draw anew the model In fewer offices; or at least, desist To build at all.
- King Henry IV., Part II, Act I, Scene 3.
 
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