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The elements nearest at hand for imitation are found in organic nature with its plants, animals, and the human form; but inorganic nature also furnishes models, as in the forms of crystallization, such as snowflakes, and various phenom ena, as clouds, lightning, waves, etc.; besides which there are rich resources open in artificial objects fashioned by man himself, as vases and utensils of daily use.
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