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VI. Ultimate Aim. Beauty, Goodness, Truth.

THE FINE ARTS.

As Expression is a fine art, let us consider a few simple definitions of the word Art. Much of a complex and be. wildering character has been written by its devotees, but with such technical terms as leave the uninitiated to wonder and admire. Delsarte has so simplified matters for us as to enable the earnest student of expression to understand and appreciate some of its profound secrets. Even the great art students of our times acknowledge that along certain lines the Delsarte Philosophy has thrown more light on all the arts than in such clearness and simplicity was never known before. We may profit by some of

his definitions.

"Art is that which aims to touch the heart by the Good the Beautiful and the True.

Beauty purifies the sense.

Truth illumines the mind.

Virtue (goodness) sanctifies the soul.

Art should interest by the True to illumire the intelligence, move by the Beautiful to regenerate the life, persuade by the Good to perfect the heart.

Art is not an imitation of nature. Art is better than nature, it is nature illuminated. "

Says Charles Dudley Warner: "Art is not nature, it is a suggestion, impregnated with the artist's personality.

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Says Walter Crane: "Art is the most subtle and expressive of language, taking all manner of varied forms in all sorts of materials under the paramount impulse of the selective search for beauty. "Art remains the one way possible of teaching truth." Browning.

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"Art is the telescope of a supernatural world. " "The powers of art are the wings of the soul. "

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