New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-16

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and prospective remark same unexpected require
mani ID euddonlt suggested some now aud moro aih
,tt standard Of excellence agreed upon And ihcn Tho
.,r.t works lor competition, already wnhowci, hrr
rlneed side b, side fof comparison, sometimes hangoh
bnc array come the industrial aud artistic hOsis OF
Trance Britain Germany, Italy, America Carefully
,oI1 ia the decision now Enthusiasm Is out OF The
ouestion. The words are few and percmptory The
Cb,irusns mea urcmentbook ia out The various
shades of excellence and inferory are determined by
List Of adectiyes OF genial mercess import as they
elevate or depress the object before them. The oPn'
ion Of each Juror is separately asked Is this or that
quality pretenson Of the work examined Of tho rst
second third. fourth or fifth order Is this other
quality so and SO Is this requirement at such or such
a point of excellence And so through the whole
searching catalogue.
If tie resder in his inquiriug moods has ever
attended dissectiDg-room; if lie los seen the fear
fully made body laid its vitality fed on deal table
if he las observed the surgeons knife piercing tie
vondrous texture Of the outward skin, aud ah the
startling economy Of glory and beauty which God has
.rrsyed to perfect bis greatest work, Man revealed
heart. brain spine gangonc tissue, all patent to the
eve and the mysteries Of their appearance and rela
ns Developed they lie almost uniisturbed save as
10 their outward eovering-he can by comparison I'M
ssne the materalized body Of an Idea land before
such Jury in such place. Nothing IS allowed 70 es
cape them No partslity no fsttely to win the dul'
cold ear of death is needed for the first and IN Its
vav. the last hears naught but words OF searching
truth
The vapid pus of the venal or foolish 10 vaunt this
or that thing are in especial contrast with the anayt
cal scenes we have limited st The great force and
dignity Of truth are here exhibited The value OIL such
high Court Of ApPeals-classying in the face OF tue
public and ofthe world the great works thai genus or
labor nav oer-weehng the saliencies aud spleniorS
of whole misunderstanding circle of economics
ard esthetics,-cannOt be over estimated we
must eco in II the yestibule to a permanent insti-
tuition whose tribunals will try regulations IN art aud
kbor. habitually-whose decisions America and the
world will respect-whose wholesome advice, though
# nay grieye asptants at the moment may prove to
them the cause Of ultimate and indisputabe superb
ority-whose abnegatOn of vulgar nationality may
stimulate cur countrymen into speedy aud successful
competition with Europe in all those arts wherein she
is now our superior.