The Love of Beauty
The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.
Natural beauty is an all-pervading([per·vade || pər'veɪd /pə'v-]v. 弥漫于; 遍及于, 流行于) presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun---all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it

本文探讨了人类对美的热爱是健康本性的一部分,强调自然之美无处不在,能安抚心灵,扩大我们的道德视野。从微小的生物到壮丽的自然景观,每一样都呼唤我们去欣赏和学习。美有助于消除忧虑,提升幸福感,让我们更接近善良的内在美。
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