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5.
I SAY the human shape or face is so great, it must
never be made ridiculous;
I say for ornaments nothing outre can be allowed,
And that anything is most beautiful without orna-
ment,
And that exaggerations will be sternly revenged in
your own physiology, and in other persons' phys-
iology also;
And I say that clean-shaped children can be jetted
and conceived only where natural forms prevail
in public, and the human face and form are
never caricatured;
And I say that genius need never more be turned to
romances,
(For facts properly told, how mean appear all
romances.)
never be made ridiculous;
I say for ornaments nothing outre can be allowed,
And that anything is most beautiful without orna-
ment,
And that exaggerations will be sternly revenged in
your own physiology, and in other persons' phys-
iology also;
And I say that clean-shaped children can be jetted
and conceived only where natural forms prevail
in public, and the human face and form are
never caricatured;
And I say that genius need never more be turned to
romances,
(For facts properly told, how mean appear all
romances.)
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