...in order to learn everything else that one wishes ? ' The Duke's curiosity redoubled ; he sat down on a bank and requested a detail of the whole process...that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations. I inquired what might be the meaning and the use of these things, and I...

...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations....

...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations....

...instructions he received amounted to no more than being taught to read by a servant of the duke's. 'I first learned to read,' said Stone. 'The masons were then at work upon your house. I went near them one day and I saw that the architect used a rule and compasses, and that he made calculations....

...to how he acquired his education : I first learned to read ; the masons were at work at your home. I approached them one day and observed that the architect used a rule and compass, and I was informed that there was a science called arithmetic. I purchased a book and I learned...