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mrposes which appeal to comparatively very few, as, 

 for example, when the sum of ^"45,000 was recently 

 given by private subscribers to purchase the Rokeby 

 " Venus " for the National Gallery. Yet for every 

 single subscriber to that fund, and, I may say, for 

 every person in England who regards that canvas as 

 a valuable acquisition, there are probably thousands 

 who would gladly see the Land's End made a National 

 possession, and who would willingly subscribe for 



iuch an object. 



