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Chapter III Of the Three Leaders, and of Moral Earnestness in Art
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AMERICAN SCULPTURE
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something that goes deeper than court-
esy ; it is something that is allied to the
spirit of Amor-Caritas seen not only
in the Saint-Gaudens angel of that
name, but also in Mr. French’s Alma
Mater, and in his Angel of Death.
Even in the gesture of the Republic’s
arms, and in the very folds of her gar-
ments, there is a reminder of that large
charitable humanist urbanity all na-
tions need when trying to know them-
selves and each other. Mr. French
is the humanist among our American
sculptors. But he is empathically not
of that type of humanist darkly des-
cribed by Professor Kallen as living
“beside life, not in it.” His position
among our sculptors is more than
honorary; it is that of the generous
co-worker and helper, especially sym-
pathetic toward youth and its aspira-
tions. What Mr. French does seems
effortless, but beneath that apparent
ease is a profound knowledge of all
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
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something that goes deeper than court-
esy ; it is something that is allied to the
spirit of Amor-Caritas seen not only
in the Saint-Gaudens angel of that
name, but also in Mr. French’s Alma
Mater, and in his Angel of Death.
Even in the gesture of the Republic’s
arms, and in the very folds of her gar-
ments, there is a reminder of that large
charitable humanist urbanity all na-
tions need when trying to know them-
selves and each other. Mr. French
is the humanist among our American
sculptors. But he is empathically not
of that type of humanist darkly des-
cribed by Professor Kallen as living
“beside life, not in it.” His position
among our sculptors is more than
honorary; it is that of the generous
co-worker and helper, especially sym-
pathetic toward youth and its aspira-
tions. What Mr. French does seems
effortless, but beneath that apparent
ease is a profound knowledge of all
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH