Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 198
edge of its history. Famous Sculpture, for instance, the lastof these books to appear—it was published onlythree weeks ago —opens with the discussion ofa subiect which most authors omit altogether,but which is very necessary for young readers:namely, !w7i a stahtc is made. Only after hav-ing made… … WHEN CHEOPSwas building hispyramid tliis partic-ular sequoia was al-ready old as manreckons age — sev-eral centuries, per-haps. Today thisgiant redwood, after5000 years of growth,still defies the de-structive forces ofthe elements. IMMORTALITY SHAKESPEARE, Burns, Walt Whitman, Riley—takefrom their…
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