Samuel Butler: Painters should remember that the eye, as a general rule, is a good, simple, credulous organ — very ready to take things

Painters should remember that the eye, as a general rule, is a good, simple, cre — Samuel Butler

Painters should remember that the eye, as a general rule, is a good, simple, credulous organ — very ready to take things on trust if it be told them with any confidence of assertion.

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