"You can do it if you try." "Then there are all the Forces and Mysteries and Elements of Nature," Roderick went on.

"I mean to do the Morning; I mean to do the Night! I mean to do the Ocean and the Mountains; the Moon and the West Wind.

I mean to make a magnificent statue of America!" "America--the Mountains--the Moon!" said Gloriani.

"You 'll find it rather hard, I 'm afraid, to compress such subjects into classic forms." "Oh, there 's a way," cried Roderick, "and I shall think it out.

My figures shall make no contortions, but they shall mean a tremendous deal." "I 'm sure there are contortions enough in Michael Angelo," said Madame Grandoni.