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2 Quotes for 'John Mason Good' in the Database.
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John Mason Good Quotes
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The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a
comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose
within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator;
and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth
spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and
which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in
reference to the proposed result.
Topic: Art
Source: The Book of Nature (series I, lecture IX)
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Not worlds on worlds, in phalanx deep,
Need we to prove a God is here;
The daisy, fresh from nature's sleep,
Tells of His hand in lines as clear.
Topic: Daisies
Source: found in the "Naturalist's Poetical Companion" by Rev. Edward Wilson
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