And finally, the placing of the right leg advanced and the left drawn back, as if their owner were on the point of rising and walking.

Michelangelo chose Moses as his subject for the courage, strength, and resolution for which he was known. He presented him to his people as a model of those qualities, so as to drive into them the spirit of the spring — pouring into this statue what pains remained in his soul; for in it he represented for us the spirit of the artistic renaissance entire, the spirit of the national renaissance complete, and the spirit of the human revolt in full — as in most of his works.

Michelangelo was, beyond dis-pute, the true artist who ought to be the model we follow, for he was a social reformer, and he dealt honestly with his nation when he pictured its reality to it — for we must speak frankly to the nation, because sweet words and false flattery are cowardice and treason. We must look at the world as it truly is, and love it, and reform it. He felt the condition of his nation and its weakness, so he did not paint for it subjects remote from it, or insipid and harmful ones; rather he stamped it with a strong, rebellious art, to drive into it the spirit of revolt and of life.

I have spoken of the statue of Moses and of no other because of my belief that art does not consist of colors and pens and marble, nor is its aim amusement, allurement, and jugglery; it is, first and last, an instrument of refinement, and a sacred message — and for that reason I chose Michelangelo, because he, better than any, delivered this message.

you here."

— "I know?! What do you mean?"

— "Have you not heard that I have left my fiancée, that I have returned her the engage-ment ring?"

— "I heard something of that, but I did not understand the reason."

— "The reason... the reason is you, Christine! I have thought long, and I found that success in marriage was impossible for me so long as you were in my heart."

— "For my sake you left your fiancée?"

— "Yes, for your sake. I am ready to sacrifice everything for you."

— "But — but, Antoine, we were never anything but friends. Our relations never passed beyond those bounds."

— "You... you say you do not... is this your final answer?"

— "Why did you leave your fiancée? Why did you not tell me before — why?"

— "I hinted, many times... I did not dare make any request with my ring on my finger."

Then their talk turned this way and that, meaning nothing but its final outcome: total refusal, in strong and frank terms. And Antoine's fury flared:

— "Because you are a traitress! Because you prefer a life of play and dalliance with a rakish young man to an honorable married life."

— "Antoine, why did you leave your fiancée? Is not that a real betrayal?"

— "Yes, I am the traitor... I am the madman, I..." And he vanished from before her like a stormy whirlwind.

In that minute I understood how the angel of purity had descended upon my friend Antoine, and why he had been adorned with virtue and righteousness and the guarding of honor. And in that minute too I decided, without hesitation, which of those two girls it was I loved. And I fell into a strong, honorable love that became a great pillar of my life...

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