The Work of Ten Years in Sculpture, Chronologically Arranged

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Excerpt from The Work of Ten Years in Sculpture, Chronologically Arranged: Including Figures in the Round, High and Low Relief, Medals and Portrait Plaques by R. Tait McKenzie, M. D., 1902-1913It may be that much less than a century hence the foot ball of today will have entirely passed from memory superseded by something better or reformed out of all semblance to its present self. In either case we could not reserve the present type in so effective a way as by sculpture. All its faults we owe much to foot ball and in some such positive way as this we may properly acknowledge the obligation. Will the beholder of a century hence regard this group with that half repugnant awe with which we stand before the Laocoon or with the admiration which we accord to the Discus Thrower? - New Hater: Register.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.