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ange sculp-tures. Then, standing at the foot of the colos-sus and looking upwardyou would see the greatsix foot hands fifty feetabove, extended in agesture of celestial gen-tleness and sympathy.This immense figuremight easily be a visualequivalent of the poeticconcept of a University,. . .… … DETAILWarren let us consider some of the outstandingcolossi we have inherited from the past:Japans Daibutsu at Kamakura, Chinas greatrock-cut figures at Lung Men, Yung Kang,and Tien-lung Shan, Indo-Chinas enormousmasks on the towers of the Bayon at AngkorThorn, Indias monolithic Jain colossus…
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