Perseus or Pugilist? 



Just why I cannot fully analyze. All 

 I know is that he does. But if by 

 chance you should be curious enough 

 about it to order a copy from your 

 dealer, do not fail to ask for all three 

 of the figures. The spirit-beauty of 

 the demi-god is clearly emphasized by 

 reason of its utter absence in the 

 pugilists. So in this group I find the 

 underlying basis of my protest, and 

 realize its hopelessness. Mortal men 

 are merely clay, and will never be any- 

 thing else. They will therefore con- 

 tinue beating one another up in spite 

 of laws and Leagues or else by virtue 

 of them until the judgment day, and 

 incidentally kill bluebirds to their 

 hearts' content 



Canova's super-man is but a master's 

 marble dream. Still peace and rest and 

 hope are sometimes found in dreams. 

 The trouble is we commonly awake 

 only to be confronted somewhere by 

 the Gorgon head that turns our noblest 

 aspirations into stone. 



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