"Since our souls" he wrote, "are by nature possessed of great fondness for learning and fondness for seeing, it is surely reasonable to chide those who abuse this fondness on objects all unworthy either of their eyes or ears, to the neglect of those which are good and serviceable...It is meet, therefore, that he pursue what is best, to the end that he may not merely regard it, but also be edified by regarding it...The good creates a stir of activity towards itself, and implants at once in the spectator an active impulse...it furnishes him with a dominant purpose."
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