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PL'UTONIAN AND N.EP"TU'nar tl"fooPY.Variousiartidles aire carved'outQfjt1:lli$b~wtifuJIY'ipuresubstanoo, more frail tlî3u glass~ for/it; isunequal itbencountel'f climate.MONT sE?lt',RLAJfi is 'an 0 Fij0èt;net less inte~e5ting-'1e$5 understoocl.,:.how..ever, though;perhaps mor~des~ribed. It, too, is unique in nature. Bythereceived descriptions, its comprehensionseems beyond the humanmincl.. E(owJpresUIilptuouS then,itwiIl bel saiel, tG undertake it! On theadventurer!s beaG'be i the sin:.!! Tltebestviewofthisstupendons mass,,vhich ne~ver has, beendulyinvestigated~,ison the road from BarcelonsTh'eommshôrrftJ;isa c11~tll(}teriàstàte iupwithê'rù\ltè' il$i el~éwh~.O~e trllvellerisg~(;ld i~oraB~dote, \and; aftOthêr fÔ~iSà~îfe\()~ehas a ready talent, at; hUlUorouSinventioB,anotheratinterestingditfuseBess. AIl this is weIl; and the French excel too theirway in stâti$~ie~K/:.I~:.this respect their views of tb.ings are excellent. Bût;' ~endtall}i;speaking,theredoes not!pre~ail;~ht,oughrrthatma.uia tastefortne sovereigI~beautyiofnature, To whàt Illoftiness of expressionwould this p~'ls,ion, ,if it existed in a French breast, reach! But early habi...tuated tocivic Iifé, m.ànners, audrestriètiôns, ruralimpressions in the /nlorhingoflife, the llursèofthe passion, behlg uitknQWU; they are. nCi)tlcompetent'to:. j1tdge Ïts object or cffects. They are:scientiftc, and describe, as s,uch, :weIl;, but to describe nature, it is only necessary to be sensitive.Tfle impression caUs out the faculty.The Germans emul.ate the English here. The awful con..ceptions of German, imagination'arè' ;;i~edia.tely affécted 'by "the grand scenery of nature. The'tone of their expressions proves theFc can be no affectation,-proves how competent they are taappretiate justly, what they so strongly feel.1