CHAPTER VI 



SCIENCE AND ART 



"For double the vision my eyes 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." 



BLAKE. 



Inter-relations of Science and Art ^Esthetics Man's Emo- 

 tional Relation to Nature Fundamental Impressions of 

 Nature Nature more than a Mirror Raw Materials 

 of Poetry Opposition between Science and Feeling 

 Summary. 



INTER-RELATIONS OF SCIENCE AND ART. 

 The connection of the Sciences with the arts and 

 crafts is well known, but it is generally supposed 

 that Science and Art (both with very large capi- 

 tals) are as the poles asunder. And this in spite 

 of the "Science and Art" Department and its 

 examinations, so familiar thirty years ago! 



Of a truth, however, the ideal which these 



expressed, perhaps not always wisely or well, 



was a sound one, for Science and Art have close 



relations. In the first place, there is a scientific 



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