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Lectures on Fine Art
[Lect. II.
eminently the reverse. I believe that we need much, and very general, study of the subject, before we shall find a satisfactory clue to uniform excellence in our art. What may not be for my generation, Gentlemen, may come to pass in yours, and sure I am that it can alone do so by the fact of many becoming, as I hope you may, seriously interested in the advancement of the Fine Arts generally of this country.