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Plate 37.—Spiral Stairway in Main Assembly Room
Access to the gallery of the Main Assembly Room is afforded by four stairways, one in each corner of the great hall. These four stairways are of similar design. Each is a graceful spiral, winding about a central post. This picture shows the stairway in the southwest corner of the Main Assembly Room.
The picture is of interest in illustrating the fact that all parts of the great Temple are finished with thoroughness and care. There is no neglected corner. It would seem, indeed, that the builders had well learned the poet's lesson:
"In the elder days of art
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere."
See page 198.
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