uld the freedom, energy, andvariety of our minds, give place to tameness and monotony—shouldour opinions be prescribed to us, and, like our places, be moulded intoone form. A much apter and more instructive parallel might havebeen drawn between our constitution, and the art you have so muchwronged.… … Such was the progress of our constitution, such is its character ; suchalso was the progress of painting, such the character of its highest pro-ductions, at its brightest period. The later artists from Carlo Marat,lost that firmness, variety, and energy, and became mannered, cold, andinsipid. Such…
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