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The Artist of the Beautiful

           

           ButwemustreturntoOwenWarland’sshop,andspendmoremeditationuponhishistoryandcharacterthaneitherPeterHovenden,orprobablyhisdaughterAnnie,orOwen’soldschool-fellow,RobertDanforth,wouldhavethoughtduetososlightasubject.Fromthetimethathislittlefingerscouldgraspapenknife,Owenhadbeenremarkableforadelicateingenuity,whichsometimesproducedprettyshapesinwood,principallyfiguresofflowersandbirds,andsometimesseemedtoaimatthehiddenmysteriesofmechanism.Butitwasalwaysforpurposesofgrace,andneverwithanymockeryoftheuseful.Hedidnot,likethecrowdofschool-boyartisans,constructlittlewindmillsontheangleofabarnorwatermillsacrosstheneighboringbrook.Thosewhodiscoveredsuchpeculiarityintheboyastothinkitworththeirwhiletoobservehimclosely,sometimessawreasontosupposethathewasattemptingtoimitatethebeautifulmovementsofNatureasexemplifiedintheflightofbirdsortheactivityoflittleanimals.Itseemed,infact,anewdevelopmentoftheloveofthebeautiful,suchasmighthavemadehimapoet,apainter,orasculptor,andwhichwasascompletelyrefinedfromallutilitariancoarsenessasitcouldhavebeenineitherofthefinearts.Helookedwithsingulardistasteatthestiffandregularprocessesofordinarymachinery.Beingoncecarriedtoseeasteam-engine,intheexpectationthathisintuitivecomprehensionofmechanicalprincipleswouldbegratified,heturnedpaleandgrewsick,asifsomethingmonstrousandunnaturalhadbeenpresentedtohim.

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