Out-Door Monuments 
does not decide matters for all literary men. 
Think, for instance, of Carlyle. His more 
strongly marked personality, more energetic 
cast of mind, needed to be shown— as they 
are in the seated statue near his old home at 
Chelsea- — through a rendering of his tall, 
gaunt form and voluminous cloak. An in- 
telligent artist will not find it hard to de- 
cide this question of appropriateness in the 
scheme of monuments; but, unfortunately, 
the artist is often the person who has the 
least to say about it. 
Even in the interests of mere variety we 
might well wish for a wider difference in the 
conception of our monuments. But to bring 
it about in satisfactory ways we must depend 
less exclusively than hitherto upon the art 
of sculpture. When a sculptor designs a 
group or figure an architect should give it a 
fitting pedestal. Those who have seen the 
Chicago Lincoln know how vastly the effect 
of the figure is increased by the bold yet 
quiet and dignified character of the sub- 
structure, excellently adapted not only to 
the figure itself but to the chosen site ; and 
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