MORAL BEAUTIES MORE DELIGHTFUL THAN SENSE-BEAUTIES.

To see these beauties, they must be contemplated by the faculty our

soul has received; then, while contemplating them, we shall experience

far more pleasure, astonishment and admiration, than in contemplation

of the sense-beauties, because we will have the intuition of veritable

beauties. The sentiments inspired by beauty are admiration, a gentle

charm, desire, love, and a pleasurable impulse.

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