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no original genius of their own. But 
those who held this doctrine forgot the shameful state of ignorance 
failure, a 
possible for a child to run before it had learned to walk ; but the 
right chord had been struck, and it was not long before even the 
most incredulous began to admit that the production of an Engli 
art-workman was not quite an im . The results of 
popularizing art education in England are to be beheld in every 
direction, even in the abodes of the humblest toilers. ere is 
of remunerative employment. The recent history of English 
industrial art furnishes numerous instances in which workmen 
who have devoted their leisure hours to the acquirement of art 
knowledge have been enabled to successfully make use of the same 
in bettering their position, both socially and financially. But 
there is one thing-which has frequently prevented working men 
from attempting to master the principles of ornamental design, and 
that is the obscure character of the language and allusions too 
material, colour, and style, together with the character an 
amount of any purely decorative details. Design in 0 L th 
applies chiefly to the latter. The designer who can excel in bo’ 
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