When Britain rsquo s House of Commons was bombed in World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Parliament they must rebuild it according to its original design It must be small so debates remained face to face It must be oblong rather than semi-circular allowing politicians to ldquo move around the center rdquo This preserved Britain rsquo s party system where Left and Right faced each other across the room requiring careful thought before switching sides Churchill concluded ldquo We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us rdquo God seems to agree Eight chapters in Exodus -
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