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tinuous — raccords continus, as Mayeux puts it. When the adjoin- 

 ing curves are different, the connection is called contrasted — 

 raccords contrastes. In the view all continuous connections are 

 marked a; all contrasted connections are marked h. Now follow 

 these lines up and down slowly and deliberately — not once or twice, 

 but a number of times. See exactly where the connections occur, 



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and where the connections are continuous, and where they are con- 

 trasted. In these profiles are shown forth and made evident two 

 of the most important and general laws not only of ornament, but 

 of all artistic composition: First, that connected curves of the same 

 kind must run substantially in the same direction; and, second, that 

 for purposes of strong contrast curves of different kinds must be 



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