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Excerpt from Thoughts on the Abuses of the Present System of Competition in Architecture, With an Outline of a Plan for Their Remedy: In a Letter to Earl De Grey, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects
I shall now take the liberty of proposing for your Lordship's consideration, an outline of a plan for placing competitions on a fairer founda tion. Whatever the objections to the contem plated change may be, it is, at least, so simple its nature, and so easy of adoption, thati think; all parties 1nterested in removing the abuses of the present system, would gladly see the experiment tried; and I will be bold to say, that few difficulties-save such as are of a nature that a few well considered rules would readily over come - would be found in its path. But as you, my Lord, will at once be able to judge of the general feasibility of the scheme I propose, I will lay it before you without further preface, merely reserving to myself an opportunity of remarking; brie?y, in conclusion, on such points as may seem to require some further explanation.
My proposal is: That the Institute of British Architects shall make known to the' public, and'
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