86 NATURAL HIS TORY 



perfectly as He lias for every other want of our 



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being ? 



The whole history of the Fine Arts shows that 

 God has here established immutable relations, and 

 those works alone have stood the test of time that 

 approach the patterns which He has given. The 

 voice of the Most High speaks to the artist as to 

 Moses in the building of the Tabernacle "And 

 look that thou make them after their pattern which 

 was showed thee in the Mount." 



The study of nature is within the reach of all, and 

 if studied as it ought to be, the many may become 

 judges of the objects of taste, rather than the few. 

 The effect of this on the Fine Arts would be marked. 

 It is said that the most illiterate shopman of Rome 

 is a better judge of pictures and statuary, than those 

 of the most refined education in London, which 

 certainly has many advantages over most American 

 cities. In such a place as Home, a poor work of 

 art could hardly be produced certainly could 

 never be praised for excellence. We have no such 

 means for creating a correct taste for these works, 

 because galleries of art are rare, and in our hurry 



