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Visitors were standing by the fountain in the garden of a sculptor; and some one was asking him what in his opinion was the most beautiful material to model in. The questioner probably had in mind clay, wax, stone, metal and other solid substances; but the sculptor answered quickly: "Water. There is nothing in the whole world so marvelous to manipulate as water. " A gleam of creative rapture lit his face. "Shall I show you my ‘Veil of Mist? ' or would you rather see my ‘Jeweled Elm-Tree? "[A]