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1USE AND PROGRESS OF THE FINE ARTS. 



object*. By carefully observing them, ho \\ill 

 aetrnitflM hinuelf to a noble habit of thinking ; 

 ami consequently choose whatever is beautiful. 

 elegant, and grand, rejecting all that is mean 

 and rulgar. By thus imbibing on electric spark 

 of the poetic (ire, he will attain the power of 

 employing the beauty and grace of ancient poe- 

 try in the service of the establishment and morals 



of our own time and country." To enable the 

 student to accomplish all this more effectually, 

 he will act prudently in taking some poetic ani- 

 mation of his own to the task, lest he should find 

 the " electric spark " of which the great sculptor 

 speaks more of a figure of speech than a sure 

 inspiration. 



