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Art (1912)

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917, Gsell, Paul, 1870-, Fedden, Katharine Waldo Douglas, d. 1939 · London : Hodder & Stoughton · leaf 224

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many plausible arguments for oppositedecisions that it ends in inertia? These words corrected my first impressionand I could unreservedly admire the finesymbolism of the figure. I now understoodthat this woman was the emblem of humanintelligence assailed by problems that it cannotsolve, haunted by… … 42. THOUGHT. By A. Rodin. THOUGHT IN ART questions which it cannot answer; and themutilation of its members indicated the in-surmountable disgust which contemplativesouls feel for actual life. • Nevertheless, this figure recalled a criti-cism which is often heard on Rodins works,and, though without…

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