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Marcus V. Pollio
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"Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty."
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Marcus V. Pollio
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perhaps
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"Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin."
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Marcus V. Pollio
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harmony
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obscure
"Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other."
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Marcus V. Pollio
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beauty
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produced
"Nothing requires the architect’s care more than the due proportions of buildings."
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Marcus V. Pollio
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architect
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nothing
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requires
"Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts."
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Marcus V. Pollio
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architecture
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arising
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science
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