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There are found
in the older states many farm and country houses that are almost
models, in their way, for convenience in the main purposes
required of structures of their kind, and such as can hardly be
altered for the better. Yet instead of standing as objects for
imitation, they have been ruled out as antiquated, and unfit for
modern builders to consult, who have in the introduction of some
real improvements, also left out, or discarded much that is
valuable, and, where true comfort is concerned, indispensable to
perfect housekeeping. In the rage for innovation of all kinds,
among much that is valuable, a great deal in house-building has
been introduced that is absolutely pernicious. Take, for
instance, some of our ancient-looking country houses of the last
century, which, in America, we call old. See their ample
dimensions; their heavy, massive walls; their low, comfortable
ceilings; their high gables; sharp roofs; deep porches, and
spreading eaves, and contrast them with the proportionless, and
card-sided things of a modern date, and draw the comparison in
true comfort, which the ancient mansion really affords, by the
side of the other. |
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