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should you bring it forth? The ideal comes
beforethemanifestation,thethoughtcreatesthe
form,andineveryoneof youthereissleeping,
asitwere,the Divineimage,and yourworkis
tomakethat image manifest,and thenyouare
thespiritualman. Comewithmetothestudio
of some great sculptor, not a mere marble-
chipper, but one of those geniuses who show
themarble living,andtheidealinspotlessform.
Howdoes that manwork? Doyouthinkhe
iscarvinga statue outof the marble? Heis
doing nothingof the kind. He issettingfree
a statue within the marble, and cutting away
the superincumbent, useless marble that hidesfrom theeyesof man thebeauty of theideal
thathesees. (Applause.) Thatisthesculp-
torof genius; in the rough block,which isall
thatyouand I canseewith ourpoor eyes,he
sees the perfect statue imprisoned within thestone,andwitheveryblowof mallet,andwith
every deft touch of chisel, he brings that
prisoner nearerto freedom,his ideal nearer to