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RHYTHM IN ART 1^0 



scientific analysis of History, but may it not be possible that 

 when discovered they will be found to be in the same categ(jry 

 as those laws of rhythm of whose operation in Nature wc arc 

 now slowly becoming aware? 



In concluding this long chapter it is just wortli while lo 

 point out that the highest and most artistic pleasin-es in 

 human life are due to causes which are essentially rhythmic, 

 light and colour, music and poetry. The rhythm of the 

 human voice, of a trained orchestra, the rustling wind in the 

 trees, the changes of light during a summer's or even a 

 winter's day, the colour of the skies, appeal in a greater or less 

 degree to all mankind, and afford an amount of pleasure 

 which is beyond all expression or even calculation. 



