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fol. 70v  		'Of Truth of Space … Power of the Eye' (Pt II, Sn II, Ch V)    (3.329-)
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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10   Observe .  I do not mean by plain, that it comes sharp or clear on the
     eye - but that it is a <very faint> {distinct} representation of something definite.
     <It is not an>   however softened by aerial distance .  It is not - what in
     nature it is - a confused mass of intricate light & shade - {of} which we perhaps
     can tell ^ {only} by experience - perhaps not at all - what it is indicative of
15   In Cu{a}ps[?] admirable cow piece before spoken of there is a cottage on the
     left of the cows . so faint that it is barely discernible - but - so far as it is
     seen - there is a light side - & dark side - & a roof - all clearly made out  -
     ^ {and there is nothing more than a light side . & a dark side . & a roof} There
     	is no puzzle about it - all the minute points - & with them the
     whole truth of nature . are omitted   . *
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fol. 71r  	'Of Truth of Space … Power of the Eye' (Pt II, Sn II, Ch V)    (3.329-)  *
      
      
      
     far from the eye as you like - and <s>till it becomes itself a mere spot.
     <t>There is always something in it which you can see . though only
     in the hinted manner above described .   Its shadows - & excrescences - &
     local colours - are not lost ^ {sight of} as it retires - they get mixed - {&}
     indistinguishable
 5   but they are still there - and there is a difference always perceivable
     between it and a vacant ^ {or flat} space.   The grass blades of a meadow a
     mile off are so far discernible that there would be a marked difference
     between its appearance - and that of a piece of wood painted green.
     And thus nature is never distinct - & never vacant - she is always
10   mysterious - but always abundant -  You always see something -
     you never see all.
     	Now the old masters all except Rubens - <went> {charged} point blank against
     this rule - and set this great & beautiful law of nature totally &
     constantly at defiance -  With them it is everything or nothing -
15   You shall see the bricks in the wall & be able to count them  , or
     you shall see nothing but a dead flat.    In their distances the
     rule always is - You shall see very little - but you shall see that
     little plain .   Natures rule is {the} directl<ly> opposite   .  You shall see
     a great deal - but you shall see nothing plain . ^ {insert}*   (Claudes mill)
20   Again take the distant city on the right bank of the river.  Supposing
     that such an absurd & monstrous concatenation of battlements
     ever could possibly {have} existed - how do you think at such a distance they
      

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