What does the term absolute unity mean in design?
elements are randomly arranged to create variety without emphasis.
elements are subordinate to the total effect and do not overshadow it.
elements have an effect of their own and are not subordinate to the total effect.

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.