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 (1.)
It is rarely the case that a man
is excellent in one thing who could
not accuse another of sexual abuse.
He who cleared a star
of inappropriate behaviour
in a tape and an affidavit
then gave himself up
to the study of drawing,
and aided by Nature, desired
to make him a universal genius,
practised and succeeded so well
with the aid of signed papers
that his fame spread so far
he was summoned to California.
(2.)
Afterwards he gave himself
with all his might to the study
of thinking it might be
of use to him.
"They told them they had to stay,"
a source said. "They didn't feel
they could leave." Nor was he mistaken,
for under cover in winter
and in time of rain, ordered
a magnificent idea of recording
a boy and his mother
as they talked and having
them sign an affidavit.
(3.)
Meanwhile, it emerged that he
was universally approved
and accepted as the best,
the most beautiful,
and most magnificent.
So he begin the work,
and brought it to a conclusion
in a little time to turn himself
in to police.
(4.)
And a little after the company
having in their possession
much money, resolved to make
over a chapel, or rather a tabernacle,
not only carved in marble
and adorned with precious stones,
but also with mosaics and bronzework
so that it should surpass in material and in excellent work
everything made before that time.
And the charge being given
of a payout of nearly $90,000
he made many designs for it,
until one pleased the governor
as better than all the others,
and the whole matter
was left to his
judgment.
(5.)
And he giving to different masters
from many countries and kept
for himself all the figures
in the work; and when it was finished
he caused it to be built up
and joined together without cement
with fastenings of copper and lead,
that the polished marble might not be stained,
which succeeded so well
that the whole chapel seemed
to be cut out of one piece of marble
like a "tonne of bricks."
But what great efforts
he made in that dark age
to display his subtle genius
is chiefly seen in a storm
as he admits letting boys
sleep in his bedroom.
(6.)
For one of the apostles
he sculptured himself as he was,
aged, with shaven face,
with his cowl about his head.
Below he wrote upon
the marble these words:
"Never acted inappropriately"
and this will always keep alive the name.
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