Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 107
he continual risk of chipping into it too deep. Why notleave some room for a chance stroke, work it slightly, veryslightly convex, and smooth the curve by the eye between thetwo extremities ? you will save much trouble and time, andthe shaft will be all the stronger. This is accordingly the natural… … Fig. XIII. laws of aesthetic beauty, but that it is the best recipient ofexecution and subject of law ; better in either case than if youhad taken more pains, and cut it straight. § iv. You will observe, however, that the convexity is to bevery slight, and that the shaft is not to bulge in the…
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