Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 241
ses of versa-tility are paralleled byother notorious caseswhich illustrate a gen-eral versatility in the nation at large. Our own scien-tific advances haveobliged men to special-ize their talents andto narrow their field.Without wishing todepreciate the i m -portance of our ownadvance, we must… … Fig. 137,—Giotto. Birth ot ihe Virgin.Arena Chapel, Padua. of the faculties which is reached by a variety of occu- ITALIAN GOTHIC PAINTING. 227 pations, there is no doubt that the average Italian ofthe fifteenth century was, at least, fully the mental andphysical equal of the modern in any…
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