第47章 论美 (2)(1 / 1)

2.Thepresenceofahigher,naly,ofthespiritualelentisessentialtoitsperfe.Thehighanddivebeautywhichbelovedwithouteffeacy,isthatwhichisfoundbationwiththehuanwill.BeautyisthearkGodsetsuponvirtue.Everynaturalaisgraceful.Everyheroicactisalsodet,andcaesthepdthebystaoshe.Wearetaughtbygreatasthattheuniverseisthepropertyofeverydividualit.Everyrationalcreaturehasallnatureforhisdowryae.Itishis,ifhewill.Heaydivesthiselfofit;heaycreeptoarner,andabdicatehiskgdo,asostndo,butheisentitledtotheworldbyhisnstitution.Inproportiontotheenergyofhisthoughtandwill,hekesuptheworldtohiself.“Allthosethgsforwhiplough,build,orsail,obeyvirtue,”saidSalst.“Thedsandwaves,”saidGibbon,“arealwaysonthesideoftheablestnavigators.”Soarethesunandoonandallthestarsofheaven.Whenaisdone,—perceaseofgreatnaturalbeauty;whenLeonidasandhisthreehundredartyrsnsuonedaydyg,andthesunandooneeadlookattheohesteepdef?ileofTheropye;whenArnoldWkelried,thehighAlps,uheshadowoftheavanche,gathershissideasheafofAtrianspearstobreaktheleforhisrades;arenottheseheroesentitledtoaddthebeautyofthesetothebeautyofthedeed?WhenthebarkofearstheshoreofArica;—beforeitthebeachledwithsavages,f?leegoutofalltheirhutsofe;theseabehd;andthepurpleountasoftheIndianArchipegoaround,weseparatetheanfrothelivgpicture?DoesnottheNewWorldclothehisforwithherpalgrovesandsavannahsasf?itdrapery?Everdoesnaturalbeautysteallikeair,andenvelopegreatas.WhenSirHarryVanewasdraggeduptheTower—hill,siltgonasled,tosufferdeathasthechapionoftheEnglishws,oneoftheultitudecriedouttohi,“youneversateonsoglorioaseat!”CharlesII,totiidatethecitizens,ofLondon,caedthepatriotLordRselltobedraenachthroughtheprcipalstreetsofthecityonhiswaytothescaffold.“But,hisbiographersays,“theultitudeiagedtheysawlibertyandvirtuesittg,byhisside.”Inprivatepces,aongsordidobjects,anactoftruthorheroisseesatoodrawtoitselftheskyasitsteple,thesunasitsdle.Naturestretchesoutherarstoebra,onlylethisthoughtsbeofequalgreatness.Willglydoesshefollowhisstepswiththeroseandtheviolet,andbendherlesofgrandeurandgracetothederationofherdarlgchild.Onlylethisthoughtsbeofequalspe,andthefrawillsuitthepicture.Avirtuoanisunisonwithherworks,andakesthetralf?igureofthevisiblesphere,Hor,Pdar,Socrates,Pho,associatetheselvesf?itlyourorywiththegeographyandcliateofGreece.ThevisibleheavensahsypathizewithJes.Andonlifewhosoeverhasseenapersonofpowerfulcharacterandhappygeni,willhaverearkedhoweasilyhetookallthgsalongwithhi,—thepersons,theopions,andtheday,andnaturebeeancilrytoaan.

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