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  THE 
  FACT 
  OF 
  BEAUTY 
  

  

  For 
  double 
  the 
  vision 
  my 
  e} 
  T 
  es 
  do 
  see, 
  

   And 
  a 
  double 
  vision 
  is 
  always 
  with 
  me, 
  

   With 
  my 
  inward 
  eye, 
  'tis 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  grey, 
  

   With 
  my 
  outward 
  a 
  thistle 
  across 
  my 
  way." 
  

  

  While 
  venturing 
  to 
  lay 
  some 
  emphasis 
  on 
  the 
  objectivity 
  

   of 
  beauty 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  physiological 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  psychological 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  aesthetic 
  emotion, 
  we 
  recognise 
  that 
  the 
  higher 
  

   factors 
  may 
  come 
  to 
  mean 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  primary 
  ones. 
  

   As 
  Professor 
  Bosanquet 
  says, 
  " 
  Man 
  is 
  not 
  civilised, 
  aestheti- 
  

   cally, 
  till 
  he 
  has 
  learned 
  to 
  value 
  the 
  semblance 
  above 
  the 
  real- 
  

   ity. 
  It 
  is 
  indeed, 
  as 
  we 
  shall 
  see, 
  in 
  one 
  sense 
  the 
  higher 
  

   reality." 
  

  

  A 
  third 
  factor 
  in 
  our 
  aesthetic 
  delight 
  is 
  conceptual. 
  Ex- 
  

   perts 
  maintain 
  that 
  nothing 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  can 
  count 
  

   in 
  the 
  aesthetic 
  impression, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  us 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   shut 
  off 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  associations 
  and 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  con- 
  

   cepts 
  on 
  percepts. 
  There 
  is, 
  for 
  instance, 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  

   the 
  concept 
  of 
  adaptiveness 
  which 
  is 
  always 
  in 
  the 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  of 
  the 
  naturalist's 
  mind, 
  as 
  is, 
  indeed, 
  true 
  of 
  most 
  

   of 
  us. 
  That 
  thoughtful 
  physiologist, 
  Sir 
  John 
  Burdon 
  

   Sanderson, 
  was 
  firmly 
  persuaded 
  that 
  an 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   adaptiveness 
  bulks 
  very 
  largely 
  in 
  our 
  aesthetic 
  enjoyment 
  

   of 
  animal 
  form 
  and 
  structure. 
  Canon 
  Hannay 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  

   delight 
  of 
  watching 
  the 
  flight 
  of 
  birds 
  : 
  " 
  Above 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   hovered 
  the 
  gulls 
  with 
  outstretched 
  wings. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  

   slid 
  down 
  the 
  wind 
  till 
  they 
  almost 
  touched 
  the 
  sea. 
  Then 
  

   with 
  slow 
  strong 
  beatings 
  of 
  their 
  wings 
  they 
  rose 
  high 
  again, 
  

   slanted 
  seaward 
  against 
  the 
  breeze, 
  swept 
  in 
  wide 
  circles, 
  

   lazily 
  indifferent 
  as 
  it 
  seemed 
  to 
  destination, 
  but 
  bent 
  on 
  

   satisfying 
  themselves 
  with 
  exquisite 
  smooth 
  motion." 
  As 
  

   we 
  watch 
  this 
  everyday 
  sight 
  we 
  have 
  purely 
  aesthetic 
  ad- 
  

   miration 
  of 
  the 
  grace 
  of 
  the 
  creatures 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  music 
  

  

  