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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
89
Week
13
LECTURE
V.
THE
TWO
GREAT
SCULPTORS
-
WATER
AND
ICE.
In
our
last
lecture
we
saw
that
water
can
exist
in
three
forms:--
1st,
as
an
invisible
vapour;
2nd,
as
liquid
water;
3rd,
as
solid
snow
and
ice.
To-day
we
are
going
to
take
the
two
last
of
these
forms,
water
and
ice,
and
speak
of
them
as
sculptors.
To
understand
why
they
deserve
this
name
we
must
first
consider
what
the
work
of
a
sculptor
is.
If
you
go
into
a
statuary
yard
you
will
find
there
large
blocks
of
granite,
marble,
and
other
kinds
of
stone,
hewn
roughly
into
different
shapes;
but
if
you
pass
into
the
studio,
where
the
sculptor
himself
is
at
work
you
will
find
beautiful
statues,
more
or
less
finished;
and
you
will
see
that
out
of
rough
blocks
of
stone
he
has
been
able
to
cut
images
which
look
like
living
forms.
You
can
even
see
by
their
faces
whether
they
are
intended
to
be
sad,
or
thoughtful,
or
gay,
and
by
their
attitude
whether
they
are
writhing
in
pain,
or
dancing
with
joy,
or
resting
peacefully.
How
has
all
this
history
been
worked
out
from
the
shapeless
stone?
It
has
been
done
by
the
sculptor's
chisel.
A
piece
chipped
off
here,
a
wrinkle
cut
there,
a
smooth
surface
rounded
off
in
another
place,
so
as
to
give
a
gentle
curve;
all
these
touches
gradually
shape
the
figure
and
mould
it
out
of
the
rough
stone,
first
into
a
rude
shape
and
afterwards,
by
delicate
strokes,
into
the
form
of
a
living
being.
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White-out
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Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
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