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Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all.

Richard Whately

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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
Economist
Philosopher
Priest
Theologian
London
England
Difficult
Block
Blocks
Needs
Architecture
Maintained
Make
Careful
Adjustment
Stones
Rotten
Structure
Falsehood
Materials
Rude
Building
Solid
Stand
Stone
Suffice

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