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The casements are ungrooved. The 

 table is heavy and solid, and the chair 

 is uncarved, unvarnished. Such a 

 room as instanced first is an exhibi- 

 tion of confusion. The second room 

 is the revelation of order. Elaborate- 

 ness is unnecessary for beauty, and 

 also for pleasure. Singleness of 

 effect is real beauty, so real pleasure. 

 The straight line has just as much in 

 its favor as the curve. There is no 

 reason why it should be less beauti- 

 ful. Is a right angle any more severe 

 than a circle? Some think so, be- 

 cause their ancestors have been look- 

 ing so long at circles. If a circle is 

 the line of beauty, the drunken man 

 cuts a finer figure along the street 

 than he who goes the shortest way 

 between two points. 



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