xxviii INTRODUCTION 



women as well as mountains, animals, and plants. 

 So these also the Artist will have to keep within his 

 purview. And his love of Nature, and consequently 

 his capacity for seeing Natural Beauty, will be all 

 the surer if he uses his head as well as his heart in 

 forming his final conception of her — ^that is to say, 

 his final for the moment, as no man ever has or can 

 come to a literally final conception of Nature. So 

 the Artist will pause now and then to test his view 

 of Nature in the light of pure reason. For he will 

 be well enough aware that neither Love nor Beauty 

 can be perfect unless it be irradiated with Truth, 

 and the three he will ever strive to keep together. 



