flesh-and-bloodness

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Tried by this definition, we believe the "White Captive" proves its claim to genuine greatness, and that it will presently take its place, with the world's consent, in the front rank of modern statues, good among the best, in the flesh-and-bloodness and the soul of it.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860