Physical culture . From the famous painting Lorelei/* - 442 PHYSICAL CULTURE. ** Psyche/ after the painting by Krag, atMetropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. vincing than this frank statement of apure girl? A number of times, I visited gallerieswith this same young woman or othergirl students, and always was there asimple, unaffected manner which madea frank discussion of the physical meritsor demerits of statues or paintings quitepossible. There was never the slightestsuggestion in their minds as to anythingimproper, or evil, either in our mutualopen, honest comments, or in the figures in marble o
Physical culture . From the famous painting Lorelei/* - 442 PHYSICAL CULTURE. ** Psyche/ after the painting by Krag, atMetropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. vincing than this frank statement of apure girl? A number of times, I visited gallerieswith this same young woman or othergirl students, and always was there asimple, unaffected manner which madea frank discussion of the physical meritsor demerits of statues or paintings quitepossible. There was never the slightestsuggestion in their minds as to anythingimproper, or evil, either in our mutualopen, honest comments, or in the figures in marble or on canvas. Would suchhave been possible if those young womenhad not learned, through familiarity andinstructive knowledge, that there was noevil in the body? How absolute was the contrast, how-ever, between the young student quotedabove and her mother! While lookingover photographs in a-large shop in Romemy friend said: I wish I could sendsome of those home, she was pointing atseveral views of the masterpieces ofMichael Angelo and Raphael, Butmother would not allow them
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