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    for a ® *§ % ! fopfa&g' fkwh * m W ^ # » % ^ a ^ v € hsrsiJie " - ? Pft $ m §!^ ^* ' fy ^ wur Jo * steiij * in , servitude , W& iu rnQnyppUzei sexviUxde , to , themselves that which either JWr free If the preceding observations are correct representations of i $ p . ij ^ tyifr £ & . facts , it must follow that the beauty of an object , like the virtuous or vicious character of an action , is enden estimate

    en ^^ y ; ^ i ^^ p t of any we may form of it at a P ^ WVSR # lft ^ ° ^ moment . Our approval or disapproval do notmaie ^ actions more or less praiseworthy , than if we r ^^ Mrded them with indifference . Our sentiments with regard to them m ^ y . |^ right or . wrong ; may correspond or be at variance with t ^ q ^ jea ][ pature ; but that nature remains the same—their & < $ jM ^ jspirant wor th , and value , and power , ^ is undisturbed . I ^ p ^^ ta ^ . way , the feelipgs excited in an individual by na <>^^ rt | | p % y , h ^ r m ? ty not , correspond with the Catholic character of the results which it is capable of producing ; which it is f £ | i < pd t ^^ jexcit ^ , a » d which main tendency constitutes its real aaiC b ^ Wo&mut ch arac ter .

    ^ e lAa xina * that any object is beautiful which is felt to be so , ( s . tru ^ upon a yery restricted view of the ^ re ^ t question . As a maxim entitled to any general application , it is falsey and the results obtained upon a presumption of its correctness , are consequently fallacious * Such a principle ean b ^ allowed no wtjightin an inquiry which is intended to decide the character of a , ^ l ) j ( ec ^ by an estimate of the sum and total of its effects , It is

    or ifa effiei ^ pcy . thus , we conclude , that thescul £ ture $ \ qf the Parthenon were not less beautiful when gazed at by none but image-hating Turks , than when now voortfyppfijl daily In / ap ( ist and amateur , 'their general relation to the generc ^ constitutip ^ of universal man , or human nature , w ^ a ^ d isj > yair mortal , aad { decay excepted ) the same . I i w ¦ . ; ., To conceive the power which the Homeric poems pos « e » sed in ^ nti ( i uity , we ipust thro w ourselves bwlc intp the mipd ; of antiquity v Doubtless we cp pnly approach an estiimtQ of the eri || j | i 8 ^ s ^ , ifiey created by qonsid ^ ring the opinioofl ,, the superQtitiona J twe paasio ^ s , of theaud , iw ^ to whoj ^ a , they v ^ re ad ^ s | ef | V 5 ^ the prefadiqe ? of a generation are mt the St ^ r&M 5 [ W ; npt are tHei r false apsooia ^ iws ^^ i ^^ r f ^ flent a ^ nd : accid ^ nt , al superstitions , such mental cwwu ^ ns . iis raay ^ grv ^^ s , ^; fep 4 rpwdi ^ n inar ^ by whi ^ ^ from ^ f h | ghm # raa ^^^^ i ^ T ^ ipn of ai * olgept of ipagf ^ tiy ^ ^^^ to . MfLfjpi 4 mmlrr ^ is , by ^ hiQK w ^ «» y 4 ^ f « m | Litg ab ^ Me ^^ ia : ^ * mmm *} «* td be valued and adml ^ d on ^ in it hr di ihty tntbl ^ ji tient principles of btmity nnd powtr ,- » Ko .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/19/