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When We Mean To Build, We First Survey The Plot, Then Draw The Model
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When we mean to build,
We first survey the plot, then draw the model;
And when we see the figure of the house,
Then must we rate the cost of the erection.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV
-- Act i, Sc. 3
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