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Seven Discourses on Art.[1] Project Gutenberg. The eBook of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Seven Discourses on Art in HTML and plain text.

Joshua Reynolds.[2] Wikipedia. Encyclopedia entry on life, works and links to books and art.

Sir Joshua Reynolds. [3] ArtCyclopedia Links to Reynolds' paintings in museums throughout the world.

Devon, England, adapted from Library of Congress

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The true spirit of philosophy by giving knowledge … substitutes rational firmness in the place of vain presumption.

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