. Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . fmovement. Surely not from want ofpractice. Go down, down,down, and yoa will find thH the of the movement,tbat treats of the philoso-phy of motion, will unravelthe mystery. Do not present wishy-washy results in this Nine-teenth Century, and advo-cate them on a basis ofhueiness. The claims ofbusiuesa are just, but let usnot retrograde and be ledto forget our mission bythe larger per cent, of hu-manity who do not evenaspire, much less attempt,to produce anything beyondordinary. The second principle ne-cessary to the best execu-tion is that the (
. Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . fmovement. Surely not from want ofpractice. Go down, down,down, and yoa will find thH the of the movement,tbat treats of the philoso-phy of motion, will unravelthe mystery. Do not present wishy-washy results in this Nine-teenth Century, and advo-cate them on a basis ofhueiness. The claims ofbusiuesa are just, but let usnot retrograde and be ledto forget our mission bythe larger per cent, of hu-manity who do not evenaspire, much less attempt,to produce anything beyondordinary. The second principle ne-cessary to the best execu-tion is that the (spoken of) should be largerthan result. This is deemed necessary amount ot capacity, and at enough reserve force tocarry the- hand through aletter without materiallyimpeding its progress. Allmachinery must have agiven amount of momen-tum preceding An after of p^wbeeins, materially lessensthe chances of obtainingexcellent results as to form,and is in direct oppositionto the third principle,whichasserts that the time inexecution should ho the. the ceding it. In all mechanism time has ever beenconsidered indispensable to superior we walk oat of lime we walk we talk out of rime we talk irregularly,and con&et)uently with bad effect. If we sing out of lime we spoil thaiwhich is beautiful in music. The regularityvrith which all machinery runs, lends acharm that is never lost until irregularitycreeps in. Why does my watch keep perfect timeTFor no other reason than that the move-ment is perfect. Again ; your watch keepsimperfect time because of not having beenproperly adjusted. It runs, but not with auy degree of satis-faction. You have what loight he terimda good movement, but you cannot execute,and why t Simply because you do notconform to regularity of stroke—a law thatyou do not dare ignore without fatal results. The above cut repretentt a detign for bl^ielcboard Jfourishing, and i» one of eijhteen plates prepared at the Journal fur the pevmanahip depart
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