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Time telling through the ages (1919)

Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-1940, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York : Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 84

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he ancientsthought of sculpture asan outdoor thing, andwhere we have one statue in the streets or public places ofour cities, they had a hundred. We treasure the remains ofthem as artistic wonders in our museums, but they putthem indoors and out as common ornaments, and livedamong them. Presently… … -6553- Time Telling Through the Ages in their speeches. It is not difficult to picture some pom-pous and tiresome togaed advocate, rolling out sonorousLatin syllables as he cites precedents and builds uparguments, while an unseen dropping checks the timeagainst him, and to hear his indignant…

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