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ideas ; so it is, in a measure, even on the plane of mere abstract line.
A graceful contour, too, arouses intellectual ideas; and if its enjoy-
ment does not arise directly from our ethical and religious nature,
this —
it at least comes from something akin to arises from our
sympathy with well-ordered action and from our love of participation
in such action — qualities in us that are at the foundation of morality
and worship itself.