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Chapter XXXIX

           Stroevetriedtotalktomeaboutthepicture,buthewasincoherent,andIhadtoguessatwhathemeant.Stricklandhadburstthebondsthathithertohadheldhim.Hehadfound,nothimself,asthephrasegoes,butanewsoulwithunsuspectedpowers.Itwasnotonlytheboldsimplificationofthedrawingwhichshowedsorichandsosingularapersonality;itwasnotonlythepainting,thoughthefleshwaspaintedwithapassionatesensualitywhichhadinitsomethingmiraculous;itwasnotonlythesolidity,sothatyoufeltextraordinarilytheweightofthebody;therewasalsoaspirituality,troublingandnew,whichledtheimaginationalongunsuspectedways,andsuggesteddimemptyspaces,litonlybytheeternalstars,wherethesoul,allnaked,adventuredfearfultothediscoveryofnewmysteries.

           IfIamrhetoricalitisbecauseStroevewasrhetorical.(Dowenotknowthatmaninmomentsofemotionexpresseshimselfnaturallyinthetermsofanovelette?)Stroevewastryingtoexpressafeelingwhichhehadneverknownbefore,andhedidnotknowhowtoputitintocommonterms.Hewaslikethemysticseekingtodescribetheineffable.Butonefacthemadecleartome;peopletalkofbeautylightly,andhavingnofeelingforwords,theyusethatonecarelessly,sothatitlosesitsforce;andthethingitstandsfor,sharingitsnamewithahundredtrivialobjects,isdeprivedofdignity.Theycallbeautifuladress,adog,asermon;andwhentheyarefacetofacewithBeautycannotrecogniseit.Thefalseemphasiswithwhichtheytrytodecktheirworthlessthoughtsbluntstheirsusceptibilities.

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