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Drowne's Wooden Image

           

           Copley,thecelebratedpainter,thenayoungmanandaresidentofBoston,cameonedaytovisitDrowne;forhehadrecognizedsomuchofmoderateabilityinthecarverastoinducehim,inthedearthofprofessionalsympathy,tocultivatehisacquaintance.Onenteringtheshop,theartistglancedattheinflexibleimageofking,commander,dame,andallegory,thatstoodaround,onthebestofwhichmighthavebeenbestowedthequestionablepraisethatitlookedasifalivingmanhadherebeenchangedtowood,andthatnotonlythephysical,buttheintellectualandspiritualpart,partookofthestolidtransformation.Butinnotasingleinstancediditseemasifthewoodwereimbibingtheetherealessenceofhumanity.Whatawidedistinctionishere!andhowfartheslightestportionofthelattermerithaveoutvaluedtheutmostdegreeoftheformer!

           "MyfriendDrowne;"saidCopley,smilingtohimself,butalludingtothemechanicalandwoodenclevernessthatsoinvariablydistinguishedtheimages,"youarereallyaremarkableperson!Ihaveseldommetwithamaninyourlineofbusinessthatcoulddosomuch;foroneothertouchmightmakethisfigureofGeneralWolfe,forinstance,abreathingandintelligenthumancreature."

           "Youwouldhavemethinkthatyouarepraisingmehighly,Mr.Copley,"answeredDrowne,turninghisbackuponWolfe’simageinapparentdisgust."Buttherehascomealightintomymind.Iknowwhatyouknowaswell,thattheonetouchwhichyouspeakofasdeficientistheonlyonethatwouldbetrulyvaluable,andthatwithoutittheseworksofminearenobetterthanworthlessabortions.

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