有聲美文 The Love of Beauty-愛美

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The Love of Beauty

愛美

The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthyhuman nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured groundof condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness ofheart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be thedegree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.

Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. Theuniverse is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. Itwaves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts thedepths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and theprecious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, themountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun---all overflowwith beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest andnoblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people livingin the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.

All persons should seek to become acquainted with thebeauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dancesmerrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration.The power to appreciated beauty not merely increases our sources ofhappiness---it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessnessand dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day bythe sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties willvanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies willpass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty ofgoodness.

愛美乃是健全人性不可或缺之一部分。它是一種道德品質。缺乏這種品質並不能作為受到責難的充分理由，但是擁有這種品質則是心靈美好的永恆標誌。品德的高尚與美好所達到的程度可能與對美的感受程度成正比。

大自然的美無處不在，整個宇宙就是美的殿堂。美，在春日百花中綻放；美，在綠葉嫩芽間搖曳；美，在深海幽谷里游弋；美，在奇石與貝殼的繽紛色彩中閃爍。不只是這些細微之物，還有海洋、山川、雲彩、繁星、日升日落——一切都洋溢著美。這樣的美是如此珍貴，與我們最溫柔、最高尚的情愫是如此相宜。然而，想到很多人置身於美之中，卻幾乎對它熟視無睹，真是令人痛心不已。

所有的人都應該去認識大自然之美。沒有一條我們踩過的小蟲，沒有一片在秋風拂略之際飛舞的樹葉不值得我們研究與讚賞。欣賞美的能力不僅增加了我們快樂的來源，也加強了我們德行的修養。美使我們不安的心平靜下來，也驅散了我們的憂慮。到田野或森林去，在夏日的海邊或山上呆上一天，那麼你所有微不足道的困惑與焦慮都會煙消雲散。傾聽悅耳的音樂，你那愚蠢的恐懼與狹隘的嫉妒都會過去。世界之美將有助於我們找到為善之美。

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