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The doctrine of salvation by bricks When we try to justify good shelter instead on the pretentious grounds that it will work social or family miracles we fool ourselves. Reinhold Niebuhr has called this particular self-deception, “The doctrine of salvation by bricks.” Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities When our forces are resolvedThe doctrine of salvation by blocks euphonyarchitecture