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grace, art CONT and soul, ihat there is no
possibility 81 comparison.
England may protest, and perhaps in
good faith against this judgment, precisely
because in these question, she is a very bad
Judge But the truth Of it Will be not the
less evident to all Europe. 1.-THE domain Of
the finite belongs to England, theinfnite be-
longs to France If England has every
thing that man can accomplish, France has
all that which God gives
1t is not necessary for us to produce proofs
by comparison with our productions--the
proofs are in the English exhibition itself.
Art-which we search for every where as
the supreme expansion of industry--shines
here admirably in three portions of the Eng
lish exhibition; and it is exactly these three
luminous points which render the surround
ing shades so dark, 50 void, and so sad.
We find, first Of all, an enclosed hall which
is called the Medieral Court. There are
reunited furniture and ornamental objects
copied by artists and modern workmen from
existing models of former workmen and ar
lists of the middle ages. They arc perfect
ly exact, and faithfully rendered; and in
course of time might be COMPOUNDED with
the originals.
One half of the Crystal Palace belongs to
England. The first three allies contain arms,
beautifully cut and inlaid and SPLENDID It's
sues of exquisite design Stuffs worked in
gold and silver of the most harmonious bril-
liancy, housewOrks, like nests of feathers,
and shawls which might be compared to beds
Of flowers.
AN very beautiful and web chosen but
only belonging to England as. mistress of
the East Indies 1t is the tribute Of her
colonies. Poor vassals enriching and glOri-
tying these conqucrcrs; yet revenging their
defeat by this victory Of peace.
In short, even among the productions
which the catalogue indicates as belonging
directly to England, we have admired for
example, among the mass of horrors in sill
yer, exhibited by Storr & Mortemer, gold
and silvcrsmiths to the Queen, an admirable
group, Jupiter and the 1ttans, and buckler,
which, as Nodier says, though finished is not
yet completed. Both group and buckler
are by French artist, NJ. Vechte. Anoth-
CT goldsmith a Frenchman, named Morel,
established in London since the Revolution
of 1913, as some exquisite things in enamel
This enameler Mr.. Lefournier, is ut the head
Of French artists in that line The original
models of the "galvanoplastic" of Mess. Elk
iugton, are by NJ. Janet, a French sculptor.
Another, NJ. Eugene Prignot, has composed
and executed for Messrs. jackson and Ora
ham marvellous ceiling-and for MeSsrs.
Fawdel and Philips the superb bed ofLouis
Nv. We could cite many other examples,
but these are sufficient to prove the knOwl-
edge OF our superiority in modelling, DC a.
mong the English themselves. Unable to
produce art, she buys the artist. This is
proving her both rich and poor
TO resume; in the only three spots of the
English exhibitions where art enrichs and
eleyates matter, we find. here France, there
the Indies, and there the Middle ages; Eng
land is only there for her gold, obtained by
means of iron and through the agency of de-
struction.
1t is not for her wealth that France need
envy England-it has cost her too dear
Thank God, we have broken off in time with
those fatal English tendencies which in the
last reign Louis Philippe placed the whole
object Of life in the acquisition of riches
Man IS born for other things, than to heap
gold into his Golfers; and the great nations
which figure in history arc not those which
become rich, but those which devote them
selves to higher ends. It's not Persia, but
Grecce-not Carthage, but Rome-not Eng
land, but France, which lead in civilization,
and give tone to all that embellishcs it,
We have but one conquest to make, a.
mong the many made by England-we mean
that of liberty.