The Love of Beauty

　　The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality.　The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an　invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will　probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.

　　Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the　numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of　grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell　and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains,　the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun---all overflow with beauty. This beauty　is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to　think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.

　　All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a　worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but　calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciated beauty not merely increases　our sources of happiness---it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our　restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day　by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen　to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of　the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.

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