. International studio. g, gracefulrolls of manuscript, the handsome and richlycolored robes—but it is to the faces, the attitudesand the gestures that we look for great intellectualpleasure. In these we see something different fromthe purely pictorial material, delightful as that is;wc see the movement of thought and feeling overthe thirsty mind. Independent of physiognomyand vestment the eternal element of reasoninghumanity is shown, as easily recognized in these strange persons removed from us, not only byalmost incalculable years, but by differences of raceand tradition, as though it were
. International studio. g, gracefulrolls of manuscript, the handsome and richlycolored robes—but it is to the faces, the attitudesand the gestures that we look for great intellectualpleasure. In these we see something different fromthe purely pictorial material, delightful as that is;wc see the movement of thought and feeling overthe thirsty mind. Independent of physiognomyand vestment the eternal element of reasoninghumanity is shown, as easily recognized in these strange persons removed from us, not only byalmost incalculable years, but by differences of raceand tradition, as though it were embodied in thepersons of our statesmen, philosophers, poets,thinkers of all kinds in this our own age. It is not,perhaps, quite what the Japanese artist designatesas lifes motion in a picture, which I take tomean an evidence of physical life; it is somethingeven subtler and less often found—it is the motionof the spirit struggling within its cage for blessedfreedom. It may or may not be significant that in the most. ( (vvni,/!/, lyo^, hy John Im Fiirgc MORAL AND DIVINE LAW SUPREME COURT ROOM, ST. PAUL CAPITOL LXXXIV BY JOHN LA FARGE
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