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  1. The slope of a stairway, 
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  3. determined by the dimensions of 
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  5. its risers and treads, should be 
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  7. proportioned to fit our body 
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  9. movement and capability.
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  11. If steep, a stair can make ascent 
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  13. physically tiring as well as 
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  15. psychologically forbidding, and 
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  17. can make descent precarious.