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fol. 49v	'Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution' (Pt I, Sn II, Ch II)     (3.125?)
      
      
      
     
      
      
      
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     #82#< The 8th is ease.  the appearance of which is partly gained by just so much
     carelessness as may given value to what is accurate   . >
      
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fol. 50r	'Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution' (Pt I, Sn II, Ch I)     (3.122-23)
      
      
      
      
     <we may say with the admirable Alceste - Le temps ne fait rien a l'affaire>  .
     to those artists who wish to excuse their ignorance and inaccuracy by a species
     of handling which is a perpectual proclamation - qu' ils n'ont demeuré qu'un
     quart d'heure a le faire - we may reply with the truthful Alceste - Monsieur
 5   Le temps ne fait rien a l'affaire  .
     The <second quality of execution> <is> {fifth}decision - {the appearance, that is, that
     				whatever has been done ^ {has been done fearlessly & at
     once -} } It gives us the impression that whatever
     <was> ^ {the fact} to be represented <was> ^ {& the means necessary to its
     presentation were both  .} perfectly known - <and unhesitatingly attained .>  The
     pleasure resulting from it is dependent on a high idea of power .
     The <Third> {<Fifth> sixth} is <v>Velocity .  Not only in velocity - or the appearance
     									of it . agreeable
10   as decision is .  because it gives ideas of power & knowledge - but of two touches -
     as nearly as possible the same in other respects - the quickest will invariably be the
     best -  Truth being supposed equally present in the shape & direction of both -  there .
     will be more evenness - unity . and grace  . in the quick one . than in the slow one.
     It will always be more agreeable to the eye as a line. and will always possess more
15   of the qualities of nature - gradation - transparency - & unity .
     The <Fourth> {second quality of execution} is <s>Simplicity.  The more
     unpretending - quiet - and retiring the means -
     the more impressive their effect -   Any ostentation - brilliancy or pretension of
     touch - any exhibition of power or quickness merely as such -  above all any attempt
     to render lines attractive at the expense of their meaning . is Vice .
20   The <fifth> fourth is inadequacy.   The less sufficient the means appear to the end

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