

DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, 



A\ INSTITUTION SUPPORTED BY PI^BLIC PHILANTHROPY TO AFFORD 

 TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN THE FINE ARTS A PERIOD 

 FOR ASSIMILATION OF THE GREATNESSES OF THEIR CHOSEN PRO- 

 FESSION BEFORE BEING THRUST INTO THE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE 

 OF THE MODERN WORLD. ADMITTED TO THIS INSTITUTION AS AN 

 AUSTIN FELLOW IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, I LEARNED BY 

 INTIMATE COMPANIONSHIP WITH CO-STDDENTS IN ARCHITECTURE, 

 SCULPTURE AND PAINTING THAT ALL ART IS SUBJECTIVELY' THE 

 SAME, DIFFERING MERELY IN THE FORMS OF EXPRESSION PERTINENT 

 TO THE NEEDS OF THE PLACE WHEREIN EACH MAN FINDS HIMSELF 



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