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harmonya harmony enriched by discords�察�but always on one certain scale 

of noteswhich the body makes with the details of the earth。                      It is not in 

the landscape�察�where Mr。 Oscar Wilde has too rashly looked for contempt 

and contumely�察 �but   in   the   art he   holds   precious   as   the   minister   to   man's 

egotism�察�that man's Ego is defied。              St。 Peter's is not necessarily too large 

��though   on   other   grounds   its   size   might   be   liable   to   correction���察  �it   is 

simply out of relation to the most vital thing on the earththe thing which 

has supplied some secret rod to measure the waves withal�察�and the whales�察�

the    sea´wall    cliffs�察  �the   ears   of  wheat�察    �the  cedar´branches�察      �pines    and 

diamonds   and   apples。        Now�察 �Emerson   would   certainly  not   have   felt   the 

soft   shock   and   stimulus   of   delight   to   which   he   confesses   himself   to   be 

liable at the first touch of certain phrases�察�had not the words in every case 

enclosed   a   promise   of   further   truth   and   of   a   second   pleasure。      One   of 

these   swift   and   fruitful   experiences   visited   him   with   the   sayinggrown 

popular      through     himthat     an   architect    should    have     a  knowledge       of 

anatomy。      There   is   assuredly   a   germ   and      a   promise   in   the   phrase。    It 

delights   us�察  �first�察  �because   it   seems   to   recognise   the   organic�察  �as   distinct 

from the merely constructive�察�character of finely civilised architecture�察�and 

next�察�it persuades us that Vitruvius had in truth discovered the key to size 

the   unit   that   is   sometimes   so   obscurely�察  �yet   always   so   absolutely�察  �the 

measure of what is great and small among things animate and inanimate。 

And in spite of themselves the architects of St。 Peter's were constrained to 

take something from man�察�they refused his height for their scale�察�but they 

tried to use his shape for their ornament。             And so in the blankest dearth of 

fancy   that   ever   befel   architect   or   builder   they   imagined   human   beings 

bigger   than     the   human     beings    of   experience�察    �and   by   means     of  these�察�

carved in stone and inlaid in mosaic�察�they set up a relation of their own。 

The basilica   was   related to   the   colossal figure   ��as   a church   more   wisely 

measured would have been to living man���察�and so ceased to be large�察�and 

nothing more important was finally achieved than transposal of the whole 

work into another scale of proportions´ ´a scale in which the body of man 

was not the unit。         The pile of stones that make St。 Peter's is a very little 



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thing    in   comparison       with   Soracte�察    �but  man�察    �and   man's    wife�察  �and    the 

unequal   statures   of   his   children�察  �are   in   touch   with   the   structure   of   the 

mountain   rather   than   with   that   of   the   church   which   has   been   conceived 

without reference to the vital and fundamental rule of his inches。 

     Is   there   no   egotism�察  �ministering   to   his   dignity�察  �that   man�察  �having   the 

law of the organism  of   the world  written in   his   members�察�can   take   with 

him�察  �out   of   the   room   that   has   been   built   to   accord   with   him�察  �into   the 

landscape   that   stands   only   a   little     further   away�拭     �He   has     deliberately 

made the smoking chair and the table�察�there is nothing to surprise him in 

their    ministrations。      But     what    profounder      homage      is  rendered     by   the 

multitudinous Nature going about the interests and the business of which 

he   knows   so   little�察  �and   yet   throughout   confessing   him�         �His   eyes   have 

seen her and his ears have heard�察�but it would never have entered into his 

heart to conceive her。         His is not the fancy that could have achieved these 

woods�察  �this   little   flush   of   summer   from   the   innumerable   flowering   of 

grasses�察  �the   cyclic   recreation   of   seasons。       And   yet   he   knows   that   he   is 

imposed   upon   all   he   sees。      His   stature   gives   laws。     His   labour   only   is 

needfulnot a greater strength。             And the sun and the showers are made 

sufficient for him。        His furniture must surely be adjudged to pay him but 

a coarse flattery in comparison with the subjection�察�yet the aloofness�察�of all 

this wild world。         This is no flattery。        The grass is lumpy�察�as Mr。 Oscar 

Wilde      remarks     with   truth�此   �Nature      is  not  man's     lacquey�察   �and   has    no 

preoccupation   about   his   more   commonplace   comforts。                 These   he   gives 

himself indoors�察�and who prizes�察�with any self´respect�察�the things carefully 

provided   by   self´love�拭       �But   when   that   farouche   Nature�察  �who   has   never 

spoken to him�察�and to whom he has never had the opportunity of hinting 

his wishes or his tasteswhen she reveals the suggestions of his form and 

the   desire   of   his   eyes�察  �and   amongst   her   numberless   purposes   lets   him 

surprise in her the purpose to accord with him�察�and lets him suspect further 

harmonies which he has not yet learnt to understand´ ´then man becomes 

conscious   of   having   received   a   token   from   her   lowliness�察  �and   a   favour 

from   her   loveliness�察  �compared   with   which   the   care   wherewith   his   tailor 

himself has fitted him might leave his gratitude cool。 



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                 BY THE RAILWAY SIDE 



     My train drew near to the Via Reggio platform on a day between two 

of   the harvests   of   a   hot   September�察  �the   sea   was burning   blue�察  �and   there 

were a sombreness and a gravity in the very excesses of the sun as his fires 

brooded deeply over the serried�察�hardy�察�shabby�察�seaside ilex´woods。                     I had 

come out of Tuscany and was on my way to the Genovesato�此                          �the steep 

country with its profiles�察�bay by bay�察�of successive mountains grey with 

olive´trees�察  �between   the   flashes   of   the   Mediterranean   and   the   sky�察  �the 

country through the which there sounds the twanging Genoese language�察�a 

thin    Italian  mingled     with   a  little  Arabic�察   �more    Portuguese�察    �and   much 

French。      I was regretful at leaving the elastic Tuscan speech�察�canorous in 

its vowels set in emphatic L'S and M'S and the vigorous soft spring of the 

double consonants。         But as the train arrived its noises were drowned by a 

voice declaiming in the tongue I was not to hear again for months good 

Italian。    The voice was so loud that one looked for the audience�此                 �Whose 

ears was   it   seeking   to   reach by the   violence done to   every  syllable�察  �and 

whose      feelings    would     it  touch   by   its  insincerity�拭    �The     tones    were 

insincere�察�but there was passion behind them�察�and most often passion acts 

its   own    true  character     poorly�察  �and   consciously     enough     to  make     good 

judges   think   it   a   mere   counterfeit。   Hamlet�察  �being   a   little   mad�察  �feigned 

madness。       It   is   when   I   am   angry   that   I   pretend   to   be   angry�察  �so   as   to 

present the truth in an obvious and intelligible form。                 Thus even before 

the words were distinguishable it was manifest that they were spoken by a 

man   in   serious   trouble   who   had   false   ideas   as   to   what   is   convincing   in 

elocution。 

     When   the   voice   became   audibly   articulate�察  �it   proved   to   be   shouting 

blasphemies from the broad chest of a middle´aged manan Italian of the 

type     that    grows     stout   and     wears    whiskers。        The     man     was    in 

BOURGEOIS   dress�察  �and   he   stood   with   his   hat   off   in   front   of   the   small 

station   building�察  �shaking   his   thick   fist   at   the   sky。 No   one   was   on   the 

platform with him except the railway officials�察�who seemed in doubt as to 

their   duties   in   the   matter�察  �and   two   women。   Of   one   of   these   there   was 



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nothing to remark except her distress。              She wept as she stood at the door 

of the waiting´room。          Like the second woman�察�she wore the dress of the 

shopkeeping   class   throughout   Europe�察  �with   the   local   black   lace   veil   in 

place of a bonnet over her hair。           It is of the second womanO unfortunate 

creature��that      this   record    is  madea     record     without    sequel�察   �without 

consequence�察  �but   there   is   nothing   to   be   done   in   her   regard   except   so   to 

remember her。         And thus much I think I owe after having looked�察�from 

the midst of the negative happiness that is given to so many for a space of 

years�察�at some minutes of her despair。             She was hanging on the man's arm 

in her entreaties that he would stop the drama he was enacting。                       She had 

wept so hard that her face was disfigured。                Across her nose was the dark 

purple that comes with overpowering fear。                 Haydon saw it on the face of 

a   woman      whose     child   had   just  been    run   over   in  a   London     street。   I 

remembered   the   note   in   his   journal   as   the   woman   at Via   Reggio�察  �in   her 

intolerable   hour�察  �turned   her   head   my   w
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