The figures were sculpted from single blocks of marble.

这些雕像都是用整块大理石雕成的。

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Workmen cut huge blocks of granite from the walls of a quarry in vermont a state which contains some of the nation's most extensive deposits of both granite and marble.

工人们在弗蒙特州一个采石矿的石壁上切出一块块花岗石，该州是美国花岗石及大理石蕴藏量最丰富的地区。

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It lies here and there in the squares and the opening of the streets-angular like blocks of white marble.

东一块，西一块，撒落在各个广场上和各条大街的开阔处-像一块块白色的大理石一样棱角分明。

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On either side of the Supreme Court steps, on top of fifty-ton marble blocks, sits a sculpted figure: the Contemplation of Justice, on the left, and the Authority of Law, on the right.

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Because sometimes in this country and in our lives, we see blocks of marble and some people can see what's inside and some people can't.

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Several 1911 views of the marble quarries at Carrara might be showing us ice blocks that will melt, rather than the weight and presumably majestic purpose for which this stone is soon destined.

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