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observer who walks through the ancient sculptures 

 in the Grecian and Roman galleries of the British 

 Museum, and who then carries his mind to the 

 similar effects reproduced in modern statuary in 

 the open spaces and public buildings of London, 

 will have this impression bred immovable within 

 him. He will have it confirmed and reinforced in 

 an unmistakable manner by an extended study of 

 the art of Europe as it is expressed in sculpture in 

 almost every Western city. 



The effect aimed at in the art of statuary is every- 

 where the same throughout the West. In groups with- 

 out number of classical and sham-classical statues and 

 effigies the sustained effort in sculpture is to glorify 

 or deify almost every human attribute through 

 which the self-regarding emotions can be expressed 

 in their most intense form. Representations of 

 athletes, winged figures, helmeted warriors, dying 

 heroes ; representations of struggles, duels, rapes, 

 battles ; representations of youths, men, women, 

 crowds, animals ; representations, in short, of power 

 and mastery in every position and adventure are 

 intended to make contagious admiration for the 

 qualities through which the self-regarding emo- 

 tions can be expressed at their highest power. 



This spirit has reached in Europe in the cities of 

 modern Prussia a peculiar efflorescence, which has 

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