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[[?]] Greenough; Depend upon it Greenough takes a place among the first sculptors of the day before many years; he has the true soul of an artist, cultivated, learned, energetic, noble spirited, and without a taint of illiberal feeling, he is wholly bent upon one object, excellence in his art, and is most indefatigable in his studies; he is just the man to fill the station to which he has been appointed, and which he has accepted, and I am happy to inform you that he is preparing his course of lectures in Sculpture, which he hopes to read to us when he returns to the United States. I was delighted to hear from your letter that you were entering so much into the spirit of Lectures in the Academy and that my friend G.C. Verplanck had accepted the office of [[Professor?]] of Hist.y and was preparing to bring in support of our Institution his powerful talents. The other [[Professorships?]] too I perceive are most ably filled. The best talent in the country must and will be rallied round us. Let all selfish and little notions be kept  carefully out of our councils, all our plans must be large and liberal, worthy of the great capital of our great and [[?]] country. I shall not feel satisfied with a little local Institution, the foundations must be broad enough for the whole country, it must be the great Institution of the United States around which all true artists will rally, around which, indeed, they are already rallying. It depends on our union, on our settled determination to have

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