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cate and deceptive resemblance of the leaf, for one that 

 will give you the right convexity in its backbone, the right 

 perspective of its peaks when they foreshorten, or the 

 right relation of depth in the shading of its dimples. On 

 which, in leaves as in faces, no little expression of temper 

 depends. 



Meantime we have yet to consider somewhat more 

 touching that temper itself, in next chapter. 



