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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 



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- 



