A tour through the Pyrenees . y to whom theguide pointed out an indistinct bluish line, saying, There is Toulouse ! The father, with sparklingeyes, repeated to the son, There is Toulouse !And he, at sight of so much joy, cried with trans-port, There is Toulouse ! They learned to feelthe beautiful, as any one learns to bow, throughfamily tradition. It is so that artists are formed,and that the great aspects of Nature imprint for-ever upon the soul solemn emotions. Then an ascent is an error of taste ? Not at all ; if the plain is ugly, seen from above,the mountains themselves are beautiful ; an
A tour through the Pyrenees . y to whom theguide pointed out an indistinct bluish line, saying, There is Toulouse ! The father, with sparklingeyes, repeated to the son, There is Toulouse !And he, at sight of so much joy, cried with trans-port, There is Toulouse ! They learned to feelthe beautiful, as any one learns to bow, throughfamily tradition. It is so that artists are formed,and that the great aspects of Nature imprint for-ever upon the soul solemn emotions. Then an ascent is an error of taste ? Not at all ; if the plain is ugly, seen from above,the mountains themselves are beautiful ; and indeedthey are beautiful only from above. When you are inthe valley they overwhelm you ; )ou cannot takethem in, you see only one side of them, you cannotappreciate their height nor their size. One thou- Chap. IV. LANDSCAPES. i6i sand feet and ten thousand are all the same to you ;the spectator is like an ant in a well; at one mo-ment distance blots out the beauty; the next, it isproximity does away with the g-randeur. From.
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