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438 INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF INDIA. which we do not find them represented, as the acknowledgment in their original use at least* of the Divine Author and Finisher of every good and perfect work ; under forms* taken from the most majestic of trees and the most graceful of flowers, and which express more simply, directly, and fully than can any form of words, *the wisdom and beneficence of the Creator and the gladness and praise of men. Thus Indian Art, in every decorative detail, Aryan or Turanian, bears witness to the universal conviction that the character of man's being and destiny is supernatural ; and that human duty, and all that gives to daily intercourse the charm of art and grace of culture, possess their reality and true meaning only in the purposes of a life beyond life.