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but how matchless that form; to Titian a mat- 

 ter of color, but how exquisite that coloring; 

 to Corot a matter of feeling, but how deep and 

 strong that tide of feeling; and yet each artist 

 was an individual genius. To Michael Angelo 

 a woman's face was nothing if not thoughtful, 

 to Raphael nothing if not beautiful, to Cor- 

 reggio nothing if not animated with life, to Fra 

 Angelico nothing if not angelic — and yet each 

 was a genius. Homer conceived existence he- 

 roically, Dante ecclesiastically, Milton reli- 

 giously, Shakespeare dramatically, Byron felt 

 its misanthropic side, Scott its romantic, Balzac 

 its realistic, Dumas its facetious phases — and 

 each in himself was a genius." 



The art work of the world is like open win- 

 dows and rooms through which we look and 

 and enter into worlds of beauty and into the 

 larger life of the past. Here the long-buried 

 secrets of old Egypt reveal themselves, here 

 are the wonderful arts of classic Greece, here 

 are the laws and powers of Rome and here the 

 rich and storied lore of the Middle Age. Beau- 

 ty of every sort and from every age will speak 

 to us most appealingly and hearts will thrill 

 under the consciousness of the world's spiritual 

 realities. Then shall come the important les- 

 son so much needed that Beauty is ever one 



