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he knew not why. This spectator also gazes 

 upon it with gratification ; but it is of a higher 

 and more refined nature, simply because he is 

 acquainted with the various rules and axioms 

 which guided the artist in its execution. 



Such is, in a word, the difference between 

 " common " and " philosophical " observation, 

 or, to use a more homely phrase, between " eyes 

 and no eyes." The great majority of persons, 

 when beholding the majestic landscape which 

 the Divine hand has created, come under the 

 first of these designations, they are common 

 observers. It is true they mark with real and 

 perhaps exalted pleasure the beauties of the 

 scene, but they do not attempt to define the 

 parts which in their union form the pleasing 

 *' whole." They see but they do not analyze ; 

 or in other words, they observe the scene as a 

 scene, but do not discover and separate from 

 one another the various parts which enter into 

 its composition. It is the privilege of him whose 

 mind has been opened to receive the truths of 

 science, when placed in a similar situation, t6 

 enjoy all the gratification produced by the 

 contemplation of the scene before him in its 

 entireness, and in addition, the pure and intel- 

 lectual pleasure of distinguishing the operation 

 of various laws by the means of which he is 

 aware that the harmony of the landscape has 



