conftrudlion, where hme is convenient, and infinitely more durable. The latter confideration renders it of great importance to eradicate this prejudice from the minds of our countrymen.. A country whofc buildings are of wood, can never increafe in its improvements to any confiderable degree. Their duration is highly eftimated at 50 years. Every half century then our country becomes a tabula rafa^ where- on we have to fet out anew, as in the firfl: moment of feating it. Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new edifice is an adlual and permanent acquifition to the fl:ate, adding to its value as well as to its ornament.
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