Raphaels Apollo And Marsyas PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... conclusion; and, therefore, that the Committee of 1853 on the National Gallery had allusively perverted the evidence and betrayed the Nation. As a courtesy due to his worth, I sent Mr. Faraday the proof-sheets of what specially touched himself, and I invited unsparing correction of any misconception. Ten days after suitable acknowledgment of their receipt, the following: "Royal Institution, April 26, 1855. "Dear Sir, --I Have Not The Slightest Objection To Make To Your Understanding Of My Evidence, but I never thought for a moment of saying so, because I think you, and every one, have a right to comment, in any way they please, upon anything that is said and published under such circumstances. If you had thought yourself called upon to remark critically (instead of kindly, as you have done) upon what I had to say, / should have approved of your doing so, being done conscientiously. "Iam very truly yours, "M. FARADAY. "Morris Moore, Esq., 27, Soho Square." It is to be regretted that Mr. Faraday should have omitted the obvious duty of complementing His Unconditional ApProval OF MY "UNDERSTANDING OF HIS EVIDENCE," with a public Protest against the flagrant abuse of his authority by his unscrupulous co-Commissioners, Eastlake and Russell, and their yet more scandalous accomplices, The Commons ComMittee of 1853. An instance here of hardy mendacity from the Blue Book of 1853 on the National Gallery, and from page 102 of the Protest And Counter-statement. Ab uno disce, etc.. Sir C. Eastlake and Mr. Faraday. "4,590. Sir C. Eastlake. When on the Commission with Mr. William Russell and Mr. Faraday, the Annunciation (Claude) was brought to us. Professor Faraday was of opinion that it was covered with dirt and varnish, and an accumulation...