﻿CoLENSO. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  bette?- 
  Knoivledge 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  Peace. 
  79 
  

  

  worker 
  with 
  his 
  mechanical 
  accuracy. 
  " 
  Everything 
  the 
  old 
  Venetian 
  

   worker 
  made 
  was 
  a 
  separate 
  tiling 
  — 
  a 
  new 
  individual 
  creation 
  ;* 
  but 
  the 
  

   British 
  worker 
  does 
  things 
  by 
  the 
  gross, 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  personal 
  interest 
  in 
  any 
  

   one 
  article."! 
  

  

  To 
  this, 
  from 
  the 
  Moderns, 
  I 
  would 
  also 
  add 
  two 
  short 
  extracts 
  from 
  the 
  

   Ancients. 
  According 
  to 
  Cicero, 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  so 
  fair 
  that 
  

   there 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  fau'er 
  conceived 
  by 
  the 
  mind. 
  He 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  We 
  can 
  

   conceive 
  of 
  statues 
  more 
  perfect 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  Phidias. 
  Nor 
  did 
  the 
  artist, 
  

   when 
  he 
  made 
  the 
  statue 
  of 
  Jupiter 
  or 
  Minerva, 
  contemj)late 
  any 
  one 
  

   individual 
  h-om 
  which 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  likeness 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  in 
  his 
  mind 
  a 
  form 
  

   of 
  beauty, 
  gazing 
  on 
  which, 
  he 
  guided 
  his 
  hand 
  and 
  skill 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  it." 
  

   (Orator, 
  c. 
  2, 
  3.) 
  And 
  Seneca 
  takes 
  the 
  distinction 
  between 
  lUa 
  and 
  kihoq 
  

   thus 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  When 
  a 
  painter 
  x^aints 
  a 
  likeness, 
  the 
  original 
  is 
  his 
  lUa 
  — 
  the 
  

   hkeness 
  is 
  the 
  k^og 
  or 
  image. 
  The 
  etoog 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  — 
  the 
  loia 
  is 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  work."- 
  — 
  ■( 
  E'pist. 
  58.) 
  

  

  Possibly 
  some 
  one 
  may 
  say, 
  or 
  think 
  : 
  " 
  Do 
  you 
  really 
  beheve 
  that 
  any 
  

   thing 
  of 
  that 
  kind, 
  or 
  power, 
  ever 
  a^^pertained 
  to 
  the 
  mind 
  of 
  a 
  New 
  

   Zealander 
  ?" 
  And 
  my 
  reply 
  would 
  be 
  : 
  " 
  Yes, 
  undoubtedly, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  no 
  

   smaU 
  degree." 
  And 
  here 
  we 
  must 
  be 
  careful 
  in 
  discerning 
  and 
  considering, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  arrive 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  conclusion. 
  

  

  The 
  fragment 
  of 
  brown 
  floating 
  seaweed, 
  when 
  properly 
  examined 
  and 
  

   considered, 
  shows 
  the 
  hand 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Artificer 
  as 
  surely 
  as 
  the 
  superb 
  

   and 
  symmetrical 
  flower 
  of 
  the 
  garden, 
  the 
  admiration 
  of 
  all 
  beholders. 
  In 
  

   viewing 
  the 
  colossal 
  architecture 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  Egyptians, 
  we 
  must 
  

   beware 
  how 
  we 
  compare 
  it 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  ancient 
  Greece, 
  especially 
  with 
  the 
  

   airy 
  and 
  flowery 
  Corinthian 
  Order. 
  So, 
  when 
  we 
  contemplate 
  the 
  modern 
  

   Greek, 
  untaught 
  and 
  unskilled 
  peasant 
  it 
  may 
  be, 
  sauntering 
  among 
  th© 
  

   marble 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  cities 
  and 
  capitals 
  of 
  his 
  forefathers, 
  and 
  thoughtlessly 
  

   breaking 
  up 
  some 
  exquisite 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  gifted 
  sculptor 
  of 
  ancient 
  days, 
  

   and 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  doubt 
  arises 
  in 
  our 
  minds 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  possible 
  oneness 
  of 
  

   that 
  race, 
  we 
  must 
  not 
  forget 
  how 
  sadly, 
  how 
  greatly, 
  they 
  have 
  degenerated. 
  

   Just 
  so, 
  then, 
  in 
  my 
  estimation, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  with 
  the 
  nation 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   Zealanders. 
  They, 
  too, 
  have 
  degenerated 
  — 
  sadly, 
  surely, 
  and 
  quickly 
  — 
  

   particularly 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  a 
  century 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  'Tis 
  Greece, 
  but 
  living 
  Greece, 
  no 
  more." 
  

  

  But 
  do 
  not 
  mistake 
  me, 
  as 
  if 
  I 
  meant 
  to 
  assert 
  that 
  they 
  in 
  then' 
  

   Ideality 
  ever 
  approached 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Western 
  nations 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  mentioned. 
  Not 
  so 
  ; 
  but 
  speaking 
  comparatively, 
  and 
  in 
  then- 
  degree, 
  

  

  * 
  Much 
  of 
  this 
  re 
  the 
  old 
  Venetian 
  workman 
  is 
  truly 
  relatively 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  

  

  New 
  Zealand 
  worker. 
  

  

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  Modern 
  Painters. 
  

  

  