Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 210
these poor people have tried to copy our play-things, one is tempted to say; but here weare mistaken, for our toys andgames, as well as many of the arti- .^mLcles we use every day, are nothing ^Sllt;,more than improvements upon W?sM&: … the crude formsand designshanded downto us by thesesavages, for asmen becomemore civilized,so the work ofthe hand andthe brain ad-vances —■ evergoing on to-ward the stage Jof perfection. When nextyou are visitingWashington;do not fail tovisit the Na-tional Muse-um, where theguardian of the treasure…
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