The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.
The proper performance of every service seems to require, that its pay or recompence should be, as exactly as possible, proportioned to the nature of the service.
Public services are never better performed, than when their reward comes only in consequence of their being performed, and is proportioned to the diligence employed in performing them.