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spar is intended for the 

 glacier. On the small scale 

 of our engravings, and with- 

 out the aid of colour, it 

 is altogether impossible to 

 give an adequate idea of 

 the singularity and beauty 

 of this rocky boundary ; 

 and we may add that it is 

 equally impossible to create 

 anything like it by mere 

 mechanical means. There 

 must be the eye of the artist 

 presiding over every step; 

 and that artist must not 

 only have formed an idea 

 of the previous effect of 



the whole in his own mind, but must be capable of judging of every part of 

 the work as it advances, with reference to that whole. In the case of this 



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