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    ^^»^ m ^^^^| ricy ^ ls ^ or ; lifinrit # gt |^ ts ^ £ s ^ fb ^^ l ^ % l # b £ ^^ fered fof competition , in value or importance of dete ^ mi ^ tioti ^ l ^ l ^^ i ^ la ^ ye use to the greatest number of ^ e ^ tfifc the g ^ aiest iacntal excellence ^ for the greatest space of time , and ii | gLflp | it % ^ If it be ptoved that there is a . Standard of ^ Fastei with respect tiy men in general ; that the power of anfcbjfcet io aflfect mankind at large with the emotions of the imagination , Ke dependent on fixed and ascertaiisable laws ;• it wifft l $ HoW * tiMt it is bv no means a matter of indiffere&ce hcrw an / ktdivi ^

    dual may be effected by it , and it will be false , " that all tastes ^ 9 $ qp * aliy good in so far as regards the individual £ 3 £ e ?^ i $ i&g Iptife ^ te /'—{ Vide Jeff ray : Art . Beauty . ) , ^ fjfie * an ? in divid ual s taste , or feeling of beauty excited by an < p | e@t of arty is at variance with the Catbofe stattda * d ^ i % may often ^ e found that his enjoyment is more vivid that * ii ## u&l Be if it conformed , and that therefore his happiness i # the *

    balanee in packet ; but the value of thi& balance i « Subject to sundry deductions and ofF-sets . The enjoyment he th ^ ts d £ - ri ^ iesy riot being founded on the greatest truth > is deficient in the grand quality or elenHent of durability . As the cultivation of $ top in ^ fciyidiaars mind proceeds , it will be liable to dispersion , al | f $ le experienee of the loss or failure of the accustomed excl ^ efeeiit will furnish a mi schievous motive for negligence of cilitiTOtibn . ; Every individual , moreover , is a type of manfeindy aM ^ iti be generally affe Gted , or have a tendency to be affected i ^ p ^ sts genera l man . Stability , therefore , of a diss&Mknt t $ »< M ^ . '« $ to sj 3 > eak , can hardly stand against this coiastafii p&h & $$$$ & j unle $$ , indeed , it be founded in' such strength of mifesp ^^ l ^ mn a ^ is inconsistent at least with all progi ^ ssive jefttiei&j ||< ' jSueJi a false taste will , therefore , always be a restricted < mel Jtwill be the taste of mannerism , and therefore ' sUB ^ jp ^ wm /^ yer ^; limited variiBty of objects . As the astronomy of FttSfei ^ jF woulSd account with con sideuable cor reotnefe ^ fot ? . thfci positions of the heavenly bodies for a limited period ^ but heyol > d * tlal ^ ve its false results—so , feelings of beauty , not > in- a ^ cd | 6 M ^ pe with genial nature , inay continue in cm ^ ide 0 ible li ^ liHess v ^ ith a ; limited 1 number of obiects , but desert ufc them The mind xA&n

    wliJBij ^^ gfejt pey <> nd . of ca ^ nc * atnnd sibf I ; i # tffue tendency is forwards ; but if tfeittbe checked ^ it i ^ ili d ^ jtep ^ te aji d * etiK > grade , And the sen siW ) ity ipo > beauty if ^ i ^^ Y ^ ^ ^ purait ) ly Constituted for impmve ^ erttHv r ^ iimm ^^ ti ^ ^ cji refinement , irt tliat mittc ^ . w ^ iph most nearl y hm ifM ^ jfiffityf i tfe ^ d qfi ^ y of nat ure ^ of wfiiqti-1 ^ 01 $ & $ & * & titin cQ-memte $ wMl the general influences , iaatfii ^ of ^ tHitt ** t ^ sKIP ¥ ku 9 P ^ V % i ? W % W ** $ > 4 % * &to 9 a 9 m >? & equally desimble for an individual , because he is thii # disabled

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1837, page 210, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1830/page/20/