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THE LINCOLN STATUE. 



the foot of the stairs." That wonderful 

 group of frantic mares, the work of 

 Mr. Borglum, is the center of attrac- 

 tion at the Metropolitan Museum of 

 Art, and the noble statues at the Ca- 

 thedral of St. John the Divine show to 

 the world the possibilities of beauty as 

 conceived by this talented sculptor. 

 But the Sheridan statue at the Capitol 

 in Washington, the magnificent head 

 of Lincoln at the Capitol, the group 

 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

 not even the wonderful work at the 

 cathedral shows John Gutzon de la 



Mothe Borglum at his best. That re- 

 mained for my camera to do, and in 

 these pages my camera has revealed 

 the beauty of his heart's love for na- 

 ture. No beauty of his artistic work 

 equals that in his heart as he covers 

 the rare orchid, plays with the trout, 

 forbids even the firing of a gun on the 

 premises or contemplates the fish as 

 they glide within the pool. 



I do not say this to eulogize Mr. 

 Borglum. I say it with the hope that 

 his example may be an inspiration to 

 you. 



