ABSTRACT
In ancient times, men of royal birth and of noble parentage became architects. A man who intends to be an architect, should possess ingenuity and mathematical talent, and should receive an education with direct reference to the practice of his art. A complete architect should be thoroughly educated, with special reference to his art. He should gain a good knowledge of arithmetic, mensuration, geometry, trigonometry, and algebra. Beside these acquirements, an architect should have his taste improved and refined by poetry and classic literature. An architect, who would produce beautiful works, must be himself a severe critic upon his own designs; he must admit nothing definitely, without having submitted it to the most vigorous examination. In an enlightened and refined nation, every man and woman should know enough of the principles of architecture to enable them to order their houses to be built with due reference to comfort and good taste.
