﻿THE 
  FACT 
  OF 
  BEAUTY 
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  ally 
  agreement 
  in 
  appreciating 
  straightforward 
  aesthetic 
  ex- 
  

   cellence 
  and 
  in 
  rejecting 
  the 
  ugly. 
  

  

  In 
  maintaining 
  the 
  objectivity 
  of 
  beauty 
  we 
  recognise 
  to 
  

   the 
  full 
  the 
  subjective 
  side, 
  namely 
  the 
  assthetic 
  emotion, 
  

   which 
  is 
  complex, 
  not 
  simple. 
  The 
  emotion 
  is 
  the 
  subjective 
  

   side, 
  and, 
  as 
  every 
  one 
  knows, 
  very 
  personal, 
  varying 
  with 
  

   age, 
  health, 
  state 
  of 
  mind, 
  past 
  experiences, 
  and 
  so 
  forth: 
  

   but 
  certain 
  qualities 
  of 
  form, 
  colour, 
  and 
  movement 
  in 
  the 
  

   objects 
  of 
  contemplation 
  are 
  objective 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  

   way 
  depend 
  on 
  us. 
  Against 
  this 
  position 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  

   particularly 
  cogent 
  to 
  urge 
  that 
  the 
  uneducated 
  may 
  see 
  

   no 
  beauty 
  in 
  a 
  grass; 
  that 
  the 
  sick 
  man 
  may 
  find 
  his 
  old 
  

   favourites 
  intrusive 
  and 
  repugnant; 
  that 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  our 
  

   delight 
  in 
  the 
  beautiful 
  reveals 
  subtle 
  associations 
  and 
  self- 
  

   projections. 
  For 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  all 
  sensory 
  

   alertness 
  demands 
  discipline; 
  that 
  there 
  is, 
  so 
  to 
  speak, 
  easy 
  

   beauty 
  and 
  difficult 
  beauty 
  the 
  latter 
  often 
  mistaken 
  by 
  

   the 
  careless 
  for 
  ugliness; 
  that 
  health 
  in 
  subject 
  and 
  in 
  ani- 
  

   mate 
  object 
  is 
  the 
  normal 
  state 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  primarily 
  

   to 
  reckon 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  pleasedness 
  directly 
  induced 
  by 
  certain 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  things 
  may 
  be 
  enhanced 
  and 
  overwhelmed 
  by 
  

   secondary 
  factors 
  due 
  much 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  world 
  within 
  than 
  

   to 
  the 
  world 
  without. 
  

  

  5. 
  Concrete 
  Objections. 
  

  

  But 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  series 
  of 
  objections, 
  perhaps 
  to 
  the 
  

   scientific 
  mind 
  more 
  interesting. 
  These 
  consist 
  in 
  bringing 
  

   forward 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms 
  is 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   ugliness. 
  To 
  meet 
  these 
  objections 
  let 
  us 
  briefly 
  explain 
  the 
  

   saving-clauses 
  attached 
  to 
  our 
  thesis. 
  

  

  (1) 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  creatures 
  which 
  the 
  average 
  man 
  

   cannot 
  contemplate 
  without 
  prejudice. 
  He 
  does 
  not 
  admire 
  

  

  