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authenticity. This question will be settled not only in this particular 

 case, but for the whole period, by the study which Baron Geymuller 

 has just published in Germany on the French Renaissance, and which 

 will be translated. He makes most interesting revelations as to the 

 lack of originality of such buildings as the Chateau de Blois, where 

 imperfections have been servilely copied from the Italian models. 

 This work apparently is to be the final word upon the question. 



I will conclude this rapid review, ladies and gentlemen, by saying 

 that nothing is more fruitful than the comparative study of art and 

 that nothing can be of greater value than such a gathering as I have 

 just had the honor of addressing. This honor will always be one of 

 the happiest memories of my career as a scholar, and I thank you, 

 ladies and gentlemen, for your kind reception and for the courteous 

 attention with which you have heard me. 



