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As for military methods: the first is termed measurement; the second, estimation of forces; the third, calculation of numbers of men; the fourth, weighing relative strength; and the fifth, victory. Terrain gives birth to measurement; measurement produces the estimation of forces. Estimation of forces gives rise to calculating the numbers of men. Calculating the numbers of men gives rise to weighing strength. Weighing strength gives birth to victory.

Sun Tzu, The Art of War, c. 450 BCE

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During my trips along European coasts, I grew more and more selective, picking up only traces of the defense system. Everyday life at the seaside had disappeared. The space I was charting with surveys and measurements of different types of casemates was the space of a different historical time than that of the moment of my trip; the conflict I perceived between the summer of seaside bathing and the summer of combat would never again cease. For me the organization of space would now go hand in hand with the manifestation of time.

Paul Virilio, Bunker Archaeology, 1975

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As Anthony Garvan has pointed out in his “Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial Connecticut” the early builders (Nehemiah included) used as a basic measurement in their houses the 16 foot bay — a span originally adopted in England because it was wide enough to house two teams of oxen. In America this was modified to the extent that almost every dimension in the colonial house was divisible by 8 — or half a bay. Another sign of Nehemiah’s conservatism was the manner in which he built the house. The frame of oak which he laboriously constructed with the simplest of tools was a heavy and intricate piece of carpentry — unlike anything we see in contemporary construction. To quote Garvan: “Such frames … not only carried the whole weight of the building but were also mortised and tenoned together so that they withstood any horizontal thrust of the elements. … The task of the frame was to carry the weight of the roof and ridgepole, not just to resist their outward thrust." Thus Nehemiah’s house was built to last, built to be inflexible, built to carry a load, and not built for easy alteration or enlargement.

J.B. Jackson, “The Westward-Moving House,” 1953

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Along the way there was heat and hunger and thirst. Word would spread, and sometimes nomads approached and gave him water and something to eat. He does not want to make a big fuss about this. Yes bones of his hands have grown nodes, even though he had protected them with wooden clogs. And from touching the ground a couple million times a wound on his forehead has not completely healed yet. What about the distance? Yes, he knows how big the earth is. How big? He has measured it with his body, head to toe; he knows. He moved on, and a deep serenity has come upon him since he has reached the tree of enlightenment.

Werner Herzog, Wheel of Time, 2003

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