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and expressionless ones. If the observer stops to consider his 

 own thoughts when he comes upon such a collection, he will 



16. The making of a good group, but spoiled by the pruning shears. 



likely find himself counting the bushes; or, at least, he will 

 be making mental comparisons of the various bushes, and 





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17. The three guardsmen. 



wondering why they are not all sheared to be exactly alike. 

 Figure 17 shows how the same "artist" has treated two deut- 



