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inspired by industry, and industry has repaid the outlay with 
bountiful interest. It needed only a stroll through the art-hall, 
however, to make it apparent that art itself, which bas always 
been at the Service of the manufactures to a much greater extent 
in France than in Germany, is likewise recognized by the govern- 
ment as an important factor of industry. Nearly two-thirds of 
the 1024 French paintings and sculptures were marked in tlio 
catalogue: “ Belonging to the state” (“ Appartient a 1’ft tat ”). 
The millions expended upon them are abundantly returned to the 
coffers of the state through other channels; 1 and this policy of 
France in respect to art can only be recofnmended to other States. 
Let the laurel decorate not only the sword, but also the lyre of a 
nation, and let us remember the lesson, already demonstrated to ' 
us by antiquity, that art, if it is to flourish, must be fostered by the 
government. But, at the same time, let no nation neglect to 
educate its people to the comprehension of art — a problem which 
in France, quite as much as with ourselves, is still awaiting its 
solution. 
1 The statistics of commerce showed thirteen hundred niillions of francs in 
1851, and four thousand inillions in 18ti9, of which nearly one-half is made up 
by articles of luxury.