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1、ZANONIBYEDWARDBULWERLYTTONDEDICATORYEPISTLEFirstprefixedtotheEditionof1845TOJOHNGIBSON,R.A.,SCULPTOR.InlookingroundthewideandluminouscircleofourgreatlivingEnglishmen,toselectonetowhomImightfitlydedicatethiswork,—onewho,inhislifeasinhisgenius,mightillustratetheprincipleIhavesoughttoconvey;eleva
2、tedbytheidealwhichheexalts,andserenelydwellinginagloriousexistencewiththeimagesbornofhisimagination,—inlookingroundforsomesuchman,mythoughtsresteduponyou.Afarfromourturbulentcabals;fromtheignoblejealousyandthesordidstrifewhichdegradeandacerbatetheambitionofGenius,—inyourRomanHome,youhaveliveda
3、midstallthatisloveliestandleastperishableinthepast,andcontributedwiththenoblestaims,andinthepurestspirit,tothemightyheirloomsofthefuture.Youryouthhasbeendevotedtotoil,thatyourmanhoodmaybeconsecratedtofame:afameunsulliedbyonedesireofgold.Youhaveescapedthetwoworstperilsthatbesettheartistinourtim
4、eandland,—thedebasingtendenciesofcommerce,andtheangryrivalriesofcompetition.Youhavenotwroughtyourmarbleforthemarket,—youhavenotbeentempted,bythepraiseswhichourviciouscriticismhasshowereduponexaggerationanddistortion,toloweryourtastetothelevelofthehour;youhavelived,andyouhavelaboured,asifyouhad
5、norivalsbutinthedead,—nopurchasers,saveinjudgesofwhatisbest.Inthedivinepriesthoodofthebeautiful,youhavesoughtonlytoincreaseherworshippersandenrichhertemples.ThepupilofCanova,youhaveinheritedhisexcellences,whileyouhaveshunnedhiserrors,—yourshisdelicacy,nothisaffectation.Yourheartresembleshimeve
6、nmorethanyourgenius:youhavethesamenobleenthusiasmforyoursublimeprofession;thesameloftyfreedomfromenvy,andthespiritthatdepreciates;thesamegenerousdesirenottowarwithbuttoserveartistsinyourart;aiding,strengthening,advising,elevatingthetimidityofinexperience,andthevagueaspirationsofyouth.Bytheintu
7、itionofakindredmind,youhaveequalledthelearningofWinckelman,andtheplasticpoetryofGoethe,intheintimatecomprehensionoftheantique.Eachworkofyours,rightlystudied,isinitselfaCRITICISM,illustratingthesublimesecretsoftheGrecianArt,which,without
