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would engrave on it the following words, fo ex- 

 preffive of his affeclionate and fublime character : 



HE FULFILLED THE TWO GREAT PRECEPTS OF THE LAW : 



HE LOVED GOD AND MAN. 



I have no need to fugged, that thefe infcrip- 

 tions might be conceived in a much happier ftyle 

 than mine ; but I would infift upon this, that in 

 the figures introduced, there Ihould be difplayed 

 no air of infolence ; no didieveiled locks flying 

 about ih the wind^ like thofe of the Angel found- 

 ing the refurredion-trumpet, no theatrical grief, 

 and no violent toffing of the robes, like the Mag- 

 dalene of the Carmelites ; no mythological attri- 

 butes, which convey nothing inflruflive to the 

 People. Every perfonage (liould there appear with, 

 hîs appropriate badge of diftinflion : there fhould 

 be exhibited the fea-cap of the failor, the cornet 

 of the nun, the ftool of the Savoyard, pots for 

 milk, and pots for foup. 



Thefe flatues of virtuous citizens ought to be 

 fully as refpedable as thofe of the Gods of Pagan- 

 ifm, and unqueftionably more interefting than 

 that of the antique grinder or gladiator. But it 

 would be neceflary that our Artifts (hould ftudy to 

 convey, as the Ancients did, the charaflcrs of the 

 foul in the attitude of the body, and in the traits 



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