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possible to be wished for after it is too late.

6) After the above steps have been taken, the architect and the builder have to determine the outward form, to the satisfaction of Senator Stanford and the Trustees, and put it into brick and stone and iron, making it so fire-proof that nothing but the end of the world can be expected to destory our books, manuscripts and works of art. [An important side-question will naturally crowd into notice at an early stage, viz., whether the space for a million books, or more, should be provided at once, securing the best possible symmetry and adaptation, housing, if necessary, something else temporarily in a part of the Lib. building, such, for instance, as a museum, or a temporary building,

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