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[jamesd at echeque.com]

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On 16 Sep 2001, at 12:16, John Young wrote:
> Yes, Sandy, how do you do that? Sincerely, I'm not being a
> wiseass. Some building types have disappeared over time due
> to understanding that they don't work any more. Glorious
> buildings that once were once seen as absolutely the best
> ever. Forts, for example. Gothic cathedrals that failed 
> after exceeding the limits of stone construction.

Every time a Gothic cathedral fell down they learnt something
and built the next one bigger.  I do not think they stopped
building bigger because they reached the limits of stone, but
because of economic and cultural decline 

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