The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground ofcondemnation, but the presence of it is aninvariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt will probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained.
爱美是所有健全人天性中的一个重要部分。它是一种道德品质。虽然，缺乏这种品质并不能作为受到谴责的充分理由，但是拥有这种品质则是心灵美好的永恒标志。品德的高尚与美好所达到的程度可能与对美的感受程度成正比。
Natural beauty is an all-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and the sea. It gleams from the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects but the oceans, the mountains, the clouds, the stars, the rising and the setting sun — all overflow with beauty. This beauty is so precious, and so congenial to our tenderest and noblest feelings, that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it.
自然之美无处不在，整个宇宙就是美的殿堂。美，绽放在春日百花中;美，摇曳在嫩枝绿叶间;美，萦绕在深海幽谷里;美，闪烁在贝壳与奇石的缤纷色彩中。不只是这些细微之物，还有海洋、山川、云彩、繁星、日升日落，一切都是流溢着的美。这样的美是如此珍贵，与我们最温柔，尚的情愫是如此相宜。然而，想到许多人置身之中，却几乎对它熟视无睹，真是令人痛心不已。
All persons should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. There is not a worm we tread upon, nor a leaf that dances merrily as it falls before the autumn winds, but calls for our study and admiration. The power to appreciated beauty not merely increases our sources of happiness—it enlarges our moral nature, too. Beauty calms our restlessness and dispels our cares. Go into the fields or the woods, spend a summer day by the sea or the mountains, and all your little perplexities and anxieties will vanish. Listen to sweet music, and your foolish fears and petty jealousies will pass away. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness.
