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fol. 40r  [fol. 39v blank]	 'Of the Sublime'  (Pt I, Sn II, Ch III)     (3.128)
      
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     {Part 1st. Sect II . Chap III .} <Sec Ist.       power .>	
     It may perhaps be wondered that in <what> the division we have made of
     our subject.  we have taken no notice of the Sublime in art.  and that in
     our explanation of that division . we have not once used the word .
 5   The fact is .that sublimity i<n>s not a specific term - not a term descriptive of
     a particular excellence . or a particular class of idea.   Anything which elevates
     the mind . is sublime .  and elevation of mind is produced by greatness of any
     kind - but the greatest elevation of course by the greatness of the noblest things.
     Sublimity is therefore only another word for greatness , with reference to its effects
10   on the feelings - greatness being a simple attribute of a thing by itself - and
     Sublimity a term expressive of its power of impressing the feeling of that
     greatness on the mind.    Greatness of Matter .  Space .  Power .  Virtue  . or Beauty .
     are thus all sublime . and therefore - in tracing the sources of each species of idea -
     or excellence in art - as soon as we come to greatness of that excellence. we shall
15   come to the Sublime .
     I am fully prepared to allow of much ingenuity in Burke's theory of the Sublime
     as connected with self preservation.  There are few things so great as death.
     and there is perhaps nothing which banishes all littleness of thought &
     feeling - <and raises the mind to so high a tone> in an equal degree with
20   its contemplation .  Everything therefore which in any degree points to it - and

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