ABSTRACT
Deeds of human choice can evoke the same sort of admiration as physically beautiful things, such as the rhythmic movements of an army on parade or the motions of skilful players in games, or as we now say gymnastics, or the rhythm of music sung by a master. There are other actions which have an inherently ugly quality, stirring the same kind of sensation as the sight of some disorder in creation, like the confusion of the weak-minded in face of anxiety or the lamentations of the female mourners and the cries of the despairing. The force or frailty of memory, the passion or moderation of the imagination, the crookedness or integrity of the mind—these are the supreme factors in the distinction between what promotes well-being and what engenders evil consequences, whether in persons or in their deeds.
