﻿THE 
  FACT 
  OF 
  BEAUTY 
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  monster 
  is 
  a 
  contradiction 
  in 
  terms 
  and 
  is 
  forthwith 
  eliminated. 
  

   " 
  Ugly 
  is 
  only 
  half 
  way 
  to 
  a 
  thing." 
  

  

  Passing 
  from 
  incarnate 
  beauty 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  animal 
  artificers 
  in 
  

   encasement 
  and 
  web, 
  in 
  bower 
  and 
  nest 
  we 
  recognise 
  precise 
  selec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  material, 
  effective 
  use 
  of 
  it, 
  and, 
  it 
  may 
  be, 
  a 
  circumventing 
  

   or 
  mastery 
  of 
  technical 
  difficulties. 
  There 
  is 
  in 
  varying 
  degrees 
  an 
  

   external 
  expression 
  of 
  the 
  individuality, 
  the 
  creature 
  creative. 
  

  

  The 
  difficulty 
  of 
  scientifically 
  accounting 
  for 
  man's 
  * 
  sense 
  of 
  

   beauty' 
  is 
  doubtless 
  great, 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Balfour 
  has 
  emphasised; 
  but 
  

   this 
  kind 
  of 
  inquiry 
  is 
  young. 
  (1) 
  The 
  raw 
  materials 
  of 
  aesthetic 
  

   emotion 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  successful 
  formative 
  en- 
  

   deavour. 
  (2) 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  visually 
  and 
  

   audibly 
  beautiful 
  has 
  been 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  closely 
  linked 
  to 
  

   Move*. 
  (3) 
  Joyous 
  feeling 
  has 
  a 
  notable 
  unifying 
  influence 
  on 
  

   the 
  development 
  both 
  of 
  personality 
  and 
  of 
  society. 
  And 
  there 
  are 
  

   other 
  considerations. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  deepest 
  of 
  all 
  in 
  our 
  assthetic 
  emotion 
  is 
  a 
  sympathetic 
  

   sharing 
  in 
  every 
  triumph 
  of 
  l 
  life 
  ' 
  over 
  ' 
  matter 
  ', 
  in 
  every 
  abid- 
  

   ing 
  expression 
  and 
  extension 
  of 
  individuality. 
  Thus 
  Animate 
  Na- 
  

   ture 
  is 
  to 
  many 
  minds 
  much 
  more 
  significant 
  than 
  Scenery 
  and 
  

   Precious 
  Stones, 
  commanding 
  as 
  their 
  beauty 
  is. 
  In 
  any 
  case, 
  

   there 
  is 
  for 
  man 
  great 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  without. 
  

   There 
  may 
  be 
  theoretical 
  exaggeration 
  in 
  Goethe's 
  saying 
  : 
  " 
  Sym- 
  

   pathy 
  and 
  enjoyment 
  in 
  what 
  we 
  see 
  is 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  only 
  reality 
  " 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  satisfying 
  in 
  itself, 
  as 
  reality 
  should 
  be; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  

   no 
  risk 
  of 
  practical 
  exaggeration, 
  for 
  the 
  consistent 
  discernment 
  and 
  

   enjoyment 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  cannot 
  be 
  attained 
  on 
  any 
  easier 
  terms 
  

   than 
  consistent 
  discernment 
  and 
  enjoyment 
  of 
  the 
  True 
  and 
  the 
  

   Good. 
  

  

  