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ing, that truth is the one element in Art, as in all that belongs to man, 

 without which he can produce nothing that is permanently great or noble. 



And I would sixggest to your earnest consideration, whether, having not 

 only been placed by our Creator under the authority of a moral law, but placed 

 also by the same power in the midst of a world teeming, from the infinity of 

 greatness to the infinity of littleness, with forms of unspeakable majesty and 

 beauty, it may not be a mistake greater than most of us suppose, to neglect, 

 individually and nationally, the study of this principle of beauty for the 

 recognition and enjoyment of which we are specially adapted by our nature. 



