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in every part and thought. But his people 

 would none of it. They laughed at the 

 Rugged Boy who was unlike themselves, 

 and he died in obscurity. 



Long after, a Stranger came from 

 a far country and discovered this great 

 statue of living rock in its native hills. He 

 said, "This is the work of a Giant," and 

 he sent others to see, till all the world 

 knew and some understood, and others 

 wrote learnedly about the colossal mas- 

 terpiece. 



One day there came a Critic who was 

 kindly disposed toward the great statue. 

 He said it was "good, quite good," but 

 he regretted its clumsy workmanship, its 

 poor technic. So he set himself a life- 

 task. He began on one of the huge 

 rugged bumps that stood for the statue's 

 fingers, and he filed and he polished, and 



