The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
LIN Arr Circles.

Varied expsriapces have attended opera
TONS at me Seattle Art League and School
Of Design curing the past week. A hand
some and acceptable set % seven casts Tor
elementary work were donated by MT a.
W. Piper. The statue being cast from life
was DELAYED by sickness OF the model,
but the intention Is 10 push the work all
the more theoretically THIS week IN order
to get out OF the way OF the life class.
which Is 20 begin operations next montn.
The second shipment Of casts has not yet
been received. but IS expected daily. On
Tuesday evening the lecture Included
review OF Taine's philosophy 81 ART IN
Greece" His finespun specaiat.ons upon
ths Topographic. gastrouomic and climatic
effects upon the Greeks mentally, morally
and physically were merely mentioned
nut stress was laid upon the conclus- ons
reached By Mr.. Tame. notably TIE Greek 3
san. 81 Venara ton. naoug them there
- no Mace for mystic and .ncomprshensi-
Die gods. nor for destructive and despotsc
gods. Religious vertigo afd nof enter INTO
fsa sound and well-balanced minds which
conceived a world Ike theirs. Their OWN
sf.as soon became human beings. having
pareufs. children. a gcnealogy a history.
drapery. palaces and physical frame Ike
ours. they are tai and niagn!Iicently
formed: they are w0uuded and suGer.
Human d4vlnfties Of tnss stamp do rot dis
ture the minds which conceive them.
Homer manages them IN rs own way and
moves about Ia as divine world with the
freedom aud serenity Of a playful enid.
laughing and enjoying himself II fne-r
~aI c-seas conceptions be wanting 81 gray
ftv ami grandeur: Il tAe3r political orsani-
zasfon lacks stability and endurance they
are EXEMPT from the moral defoTunit3es
xa5rb TIRE greatness % a religion Or a
sfate imposes on humanity CIVILIZATION.
every-where else has disturbed the natural
equilibrium of enc faculties, q has dtfnin-
sssnf.d some 30 eNaEEerafe the others; =
aas s2craacsi the present 20 TIE future
lie. man so ttss DIV a3gy, tke tnalF3a1aA &c
the state. pra3815pE the fnGaan f8k4Ts me
Rrypttan and Cainese fguct3ansry. the
Roman lsgsst and offlc3as. the n@disevsI
monk. ne subject. AKIN uLxteTe ard bour-
~~o.s % modern 14Taes Man. under tnse
pressure nas "a surn slruatss neously ex-
a.teyi and sehzsed himself. ~ becomes q
szaeel IN q vast machine. ~ consider BIN
self nsuwng before she sufn.se. ia t3reeef
re subjected rs Institutions 80 p ms~ll
instead OF su0fectIug himself - then. -
russs tasru a Erseans ard nor an end. III
sssea them for a complete au4 harraonso'i'
~slf-3evefopnne ne could De AZ cuee poet
rAsiosor.her. crizsc, mag sIrates ponilT
Sssre. ctzeu and zfntsEe exercise n3s
limbs. hzs taste and BIS intellect c5ETsisi's'
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dramatic osxf-o8n. . rnougntfgl afta et'lz1
vage-g zaan ~ asgs8t ssnSsnr AlusssiF a book
~rarrr. - could decide en- puhlie natter
without aessxaEsaw rs a2Essorsfv - othfrs
aeuor rs E1ss MEGEaut t3e reszr ezlofss 2
aossnzfEe formulas. Etthoug h9Esag 10 tn'
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