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aded with sixty-twochests filled with the sculptors work, all of which he pre-sented to his country. Thus he returned to his native coun- ALBERT THORVALDSEN. l6l try, which he had left just fifty years before at the age ofeighteen. One autumn day he arrived at Copenhagen, andthe whole capital… … Albert Thorvaldsen. alike unnoticed, while genius and human worth were en-throned. Thorvaldsen was a man of great personal beauty; onceseen, he was never forgotten. He was in character a truetype of the Gothic race, quiet and mild as the peacefulcountry of meadows and lakes in which he was born,…
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