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ignored with impunity, but as a valuable member in the social organization of mankind, whose creations answer to a human want, and whose material necessities it is quite a important to understand, and to minister to, as those of the farmer, the woolgrower, the fisher, the engineer, the weaver, and so on.  This view of the matter does not in the least degrade art, as those are apt to think [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] who approach it exclusively from the aesthetic side.  It simply recognizes the fact that art stands upon a material basis, in common with all other branches of human activity.  
     It appears from what has thus far been said, that the ultimate aim of all art - the expression of ideas by artistic means - is not considered directly in the scheme of the Section of Graphic Arts. [[strikethrough]] [[illegible word]] [[/strikethrough]]  [[insert]] These ideas [[/insert]] and their development in the progress of [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] time, are, nevertheless, also illustrated, - or eventually will be, - for in  pursuing the study of the technical means employed in the graphic arts, it is necessary to inquire into their historical evolution, and this cannot be done by a mere bringing together of the tools and materials used at different times.  It is unavoidably