THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES

90. When a line or linear progression is inverted upon any axis or

center, and we see the original line and its inversion side by side, we

have a Balance of Attitudes.

[Illustration: Fig. 117]

The relation of attitudes I, II, of III, IV, and of I, II, III, IV,

is that of Symmetrical Balance on a vertical axis. The relation of

attitudes I, IV, and of II, III, is a relation of Balance but not

of Symmetrical Balance. This is true, also, of the relation of I,

III and of II, IV. Double inversions are never symmetrical, but they

are illustrations of Balance. The balance of double inversions is

central, not axial. These statements are all repetitions of statements

previously made about positions.

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