Indeed many of the illustrious masters of antiquity, have by the aid
of science and skill, even outdone the works of nature, and exhibited
a beauty and perfection in the human form that are difficult to be
found in the rarest living specimens of any of the species; genus,
homo."
"Can your idols walk or speak, or have they the glorious gift of
reason?" demanded the trapper, with some indignation in his voice;
"though but little given to run into the noise and chatter of the
settlements, yet have I been into the towns in my day, to barter the
peltry for lead and powder, and often have I seen your waxen dolls,
with their tawdry clothes and glass eyes--"
"Waxen dolls!" interrupted Obed; "it is profanation, in the view of
the arts, to liken the miserable handy-work of the dealers in wax to
the pure models of antiquity!"
"It is profanation in the eyes of the Lord," retorted the old man, "to
liken the works of his creatur's, to the power of his own hand."
"Venerable venator," resumed the naturalist, clearing his throat, like
one who was much in earnest, "let us discuss understandingly and in
amity.
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