Joshua Reyonds

A Discourse Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy on the Distribution of the Prizes, December, 14, 1770, by the President

 

Gentlemen,—It is not easy to speak with propriety to so many students of different ages and different degrees of advancement.  The mind requires nourishment adapted to its growth; and what may have promoted our earlier efforts, might, retard us in our nearer approaches to perfection.

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