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their labor without intellectual cultivation, but they have never produced their great works until they had overcome the disadvantage. Their paintings were not the results of knack, or of mere practice, but of study, observation, and reflection. Claude began to paint late, without education, and in the lowest ranks of life: but we read afterwards of his habit of walking in the fields, not merely to observe, but to explain philosophically to his friends, the beautiful appearances of nature, which he has preserved in his landscapes. Leonardo passed months in studying his unfinished picture of the [[underline]] Supper [[/underline]], without touching it.
    While we speak this cautiously about the present claims of our artists, we [[strikethrough]] should [[/strikethrough]] would by no means be thought indifferent to their success. We should be sorry, if anything we have said should in the heart about the liberality of the public, towards them. They must be supported and 


While we speak thus cautiously about the present claims of our artists, we [[strike-through]] would by no means be thought indifferent to their success. We should be sorry if anything we have said should in the least abate the liberality of the public towards them. They must be supported and 

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