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ral possible aim; and for any more definite information, as I concieve the matter, he has to refer us to the esthetician who business it is to say what it the state of things which is most admirable in itself regardless og any ulterior reason.
So, then, we appeal to the esthete to tell us what it is that is admirable without any reason for being admirable beyound its inherent character.
Why, that, he replies is the beautiful.
Yes, we urge, such us the name that you give to it but what is it?
What is thia character?
If he replies that it consists in a certain quality of feeling, a certain