Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-21
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w is'fsN' So '''o,e"Ne ", aa"i"y. |
Phase IN purely icsthetic ms u tne case
when some object, by reason OF Its antiquity, |
produces n sense of sublimity. We call II
the sublime of time as distip guished from |
,ha s,hlin,o ,t snaca rx.m,,a. of this
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ia''of iiS 'o i"un" w o'IeNNo w ""u."us |
large uluehslohs, sucn ~ the yfanlus' he
Alps the starry heavens In the sublime OF
time the antiquity of the object awak ems tho
sense ar intuition of endless TINA In this
,,;a,,, ,ha ryrar,ils mr., sub,imo NOT n, 40, |
w" 'V ~ ','.' -, - ~ -. |
couh' W 'ie'' ''"'V ~ oa etNou". VIM
OF their antiquity. lhete u supiimiy IN any
object whose great age compared with other
objects around 1t awakens this latent sense OF
eternity or enaless time This IA a pleasur-
ah,e tos,,n, a, "a .xcI,;pc streppthnipy. be.
- S, - l' -, ~ -.
o""so o""o 'of 'ne 'oty roaSoo "' "'o WY W ,e
II rn, ,n' we ~ ,ea.he 'nM our pens = suns, une nnn
ancient ruins such as are to he seen in Egypt |
or In Rome
nm, reyararre for ,,tioi,v ,,.,. ala, ~, ,,np
-, In -, a,.a,,t. a., ,,., ,r,t.
neV.eu .si WIN ga. esen,, III history, rms,
we 'hlhh, fshAs hIShe' tnah inc mere sense |
| OF the sublime IN antiquity. All over
Europe for instance, ancient places aud AN
| cient ruins are visited with pleasure. not
merely on account Of their antiquity ab.
| stractiy considered, for in that sense we have
| autouitv all about us without crossing the
| ocean, Our mountains and rivers and seas
| are "a old "a the Aims the TIber or the Medi.
| terraneau. But Tho antidui;ies of Eurppe
| are historical They arc connected with
| great events heroic exploits and soul.s,irring
| scenes, in the earlier history OF our race and
of our own civilization. Indeed II is the
| human that gives its chief interest TO nature
itself or coufss there il beauty a grandeur
| and eyen "A sublimity In uature itself for
| Trsthetc apprehauS sion, hut. as an example.
| the much admired Scottish lakes would moi
| a. A..
| Scott had not cast uu0n them the SMELL of his
genius The Forum in Rome would not in-
| spire us a. il does were IL not for the stirring
| scenes enacted there by the senators of an.
| cient Rome There is a certain enchantment
| In ali the srspery around this anclant city
hecanse of the history transacted in that
region. Aud So wherever You travel in
| Fnrope the scenes around Won carry hack
and hiring Won into communion with a his
tory long since p,4ssd away. but con
na,;ted hy n iiNiu, stream with
the present. Nn o,. s,n Ioos ont To-
wards the range OF mountains that an round
| Aix.l,-CbspelIe ar stand In the old Catho.
| dral OF that ancient city. without beinr
; thrilled nv the great events in the life of the
| graa, snliisr cniaf an1 the powarf,,l rpier
| Ssybo a tbons,nd ve,rs sp,, n,saa mai c,tv tba
| csni,al M hIs mighty am Mira
Frnm what has now bsap s,a,ad II will
readily annsar tba, tbere ia n snnna and
| baaitbfuI rsyaranca .nr sn,inui,y and ,hara
IA aisn a revarenra r,r II ar rsyayanca !, ma -
indeei be called. which IL sentimental
= | ,,au3Ii, ap1 ,n,LarIp,, rha,a 80 ,bosa
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- That Iapd "a caIIeS boIy b,raI,sa ~ TIE -,
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N | tha CbrIstsan cIur,b for "a hi,h ,ha ht.,or,
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a. | Nice where some literary tnstitntion va.
tonnded and nassau ,hrouSh ita earIy s,rn,
II | gIes ia Of bistorir Inrerest an intaysst ,bs
Nj deserves To be cultivated bnt this intores,
,d | n morally healthfuI shnuld iva Uyinul,
m ioined with the sn6sennent bis,orv an
ar nrasan, ,rnspari,y n, ~. in.,i,n,jn, -,
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