2.Thepresenceofahigher,namely,ofthespiritualelementisessentialtoitsperfection.Thehighanddivinebeautywhichcanbelovedwithouteffeminacy,isthatwhichisfoundincombinationwiththehumanwill.BeautyisthemarkGodsetsuponvirtue.Everynaturalactionisgraceful.Everyheroicactisalsodecent,andcausestheplaceandthebystanderstoshine.Wearetaughtbygreatactionsthattheuniverseisthepropertyofeveryindividualinit.Everyrationalcreaturehasallnatureforhisdowryandestate.Itishis,ifhewill.Hemaydivesthimselfofit;hemaycreepintoacorner,andabdicatehiskingdom,asmostmendo,butheisentitledtotheworldbyhisconstitution.Inproportiontotheenergyofhisthoughtandwill,helakesuptheworldintohimself.「Allthosethingsforwhichmenplough,build,orsail,obeyvirtue,」saidSallust.「Thewindsandwaves,」saidGibbon,「arealwaysonthesideoftheablestnavigators.」Soarethesunandmoonandallthestarsofheaven.Whenanobleactisdone,—perchanceinasceneofgreatnaturalbeauty;whenLeonidasandhisthreehundredmartyrsconsumeonedayindying,andthesunandmooncomeeachandlookatthemonceinthesteepdef?ileofThermopylae;whenArnoldWinkelried,inthehighAlps,undertheshadowoftheavalanche,gathersinhissideasheafofAustrianspearstobreakthelineforhiscomrades;arenottheseheroesentitledtoaddthebeautyofthescenetothebeautyofthedeed?WhenthebarkofColumbusnearstheshoreofAmerica;—beforeitthebeachlinedwithsavages,f?leeingoutofalltheirhutsofcane;theseabehind;andthepurplemountainsoftheIndianArchipelagoaround,canweseparatethemanfromthelivingpicture?DoesnottheNewWorldclothehisformwithherpalmgrovesandsavannahsasf?itdrapery?Everdoesnaturalbeautystealinlikeair,andenvelopegreatactions.WhenSirHarryVanewasdraggeduptheTower—hill,siltingonasled,tosufferdeathasthechampionoftheEnglishlaws,oneofthemultitudecriedouttohim,「youneversateonsogloriousaseat!」CharlesII,tointimidatethecitizens,ofLondon,causedthepatriotLordRusselltobedrawninanopencoachthroughtheprincipalstreetsofthecityonhiswaytothescaffold.「But,hisbiographersays,「themultitudeimaginedtheysawlibertyandvirtuesitting,byhisside.」Inprivateplaces,amongsordidobjects,anactoftruthorheroismseemsatoncetodrawtoitselftheskyasitstemple,thesunasitscandle.Naturestretchesoutherarmstoembraceman,onlylethisthoughtsbeofequalgreatness.Willinglydoesshefollowhisstepswiththeroseandtheviolet,andbendherlinesofgrandeurandgracetothedecorationofherdarlingchild.Onlylethisthoughtsbeofequalscope,andtheframewillsuitthepicture.Avirtuousmanisinunisonwithherworks,andmakesthecentralf?igureofthevisiblesphere,Homer,Pindar,Socrates,Phocion,associatethemselvesf?itlyinourmemorywiththegeographyandclimateofGreece.ThevisibleheavensandearthsympathizewithJesus.Andincommonlifewhosoeverhasseenapersonofpowerfulcharacterandhappygenius,willhaveremarkedhoweasilyhetookallthingsalongwithhim,—thepersons,theopinions,andtheday,andnaturebecomeancillarytoaman.