. Book of the Royal blue . ryland foundmen equal to every emergency as it arose,and the development of so much talentand high character in various dejiartmentsshould not be esteemed the smallest benefitwhich the country has derived from thisgreat enterjirise. In the spring of a number of dis-tinguished artists and literati were invitedto make a pleasure excursion over the roadby a special train to start from Baltimoreon the 1st of June. The companys guestswere to travel at their leisure, stopping atall the prominent jtoints of interest longenough to examine the most notable ]Uo-ductinns
. Book of the Royal blue . ryland foundmen equal to every emergency as it arose,and the development of so much talentand high character in various dejiartmentsshould not be esteemed the smallest benefitwhich the country has derived from thisgreat enterjirise. In the spring of a number of dis-tinguished artists and literati were invitedto make a pleasure excursion over the roadby a special train to start from Baltimoreon the 1st of June. The companys guestswere to travel at their leisure, stopping atall the prominent jtoints of interest longenough to examine the most notable ]Uo-ductinns of human science and labor; toenjoy the magnificent natural scenery forwhich the line is so famous; and, if sodisposed, to exercise their talents afterthe manner of Doctor Syntax— To it here, to verse it llierc,.•d ]iicturesi|ue it every where. It was particularly appro]iriate that thepioneer of the .ierican railway .systemshould also have lieen the first to inaugu-rate this new and significant idea. For the. (n Hfiri,.r, Mn-ii/! -11, f. fpr, -. A BKOTIIKK AUTIST. first time in our history had the groatemboilinunt of utilitarianism extended thehand to the votaries of the beautiful, claim-ing Ijrotherhood and asking co-operation,itur development, although without parallelin its rapidity, has hitherto lieen confinedtoo strictly to the hard, narrow ])ath ofmaterialism. The elegant arts have existedamong us rather as potted exotics importedfrom abroad, liaubles to amuse the idle,luxuries to delight the rich, and, as such,awakening no real sympathy in the heartsof the people. The artist walks among usas a man apart, a solitary, a dreamer;misunderstood, unrecognized in the greatworking hive of society. looksaskance at the ingenious handicraft; Hard-fist despises the fiaccid muscle and velvetpalm ; timorous iiespectability has a horrorof superfiuous hair; venerable Conscien-tiousness is not sure but that the makingof graven images and likeness of the things
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