[8] Theblackandwhitenationsmust, inrespectofbeauty, beconsideredasofdifferentkinds, atleastadifferentspeciesofthesamekind; fromoneofwhichtotheother, asIobserved, noinferencecanbedrawn.
[9] ; butbecauseitisuncommon, isitthereforebeautiful? Thebeautythatisproducedbycolor, aswhenwepreferonebirdtoanother, thoughofthesameform, onaccountofitscolor, hasnothingtodowiththeargument, whichreachesonlytoform.
[10] ; fortherecanbenoargument, , asabirdbecauseofitscolor.
[11] WhenweapplythewordBeauty, wedonotmeanalwaysbyitamorebeautifulform, butsomethingvaluableonaccountofitsrarity, usefulness, color, ; buthadahorseasfewgoodqualitiesasatortoise, Idonotimaginethathewouldthenbedeemedbeautiful.
[12] Afitnesstotheendproposedissaidtobeanothercauseofbeauty; butsupposingwewereproperjudgesofwhatformisthemostproperinananimaltoconstitutestrengthorswiftness, wealwaysdetermineconcerningitsbeauty, beforeweexertourunderstandingtojudgeofitsfitness.
[13] Fromwhathasbeensaid, itmaybeinferred, thattheworksofNature, ifwecompareonespecieswithanother, areallequallybeautiful, andthatpreferenceisgivenfromcustomorsomeassociationofideas; andthat, increaturesofthesamespecies, beautyisthemediumorcentreofallitsvariousforms.
[14] Toconclude, then, bywayofcorollary7: ifithasbeenprovedthatthePainter, byattendingtotheinvariableandgeneralideasofNature, producebeauty; hemust, byregardingminuteparticularities, andaccidentaldiscriminations, deviatefromtheuniversalrule, andpollutehiscanvaswithdeformity.
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