I. Natural Beauty
Good  taste, which is becoming more prevalent throughout the world, had its origins under the skies of Greece. Every invention of foreign nations which
was brought to Greece was, as it were, only a first seed that assumed new form
and character here. We are told that Minerva chose this land, with its mild seasons, above all others for the Greeks in the knowledge that it would be productive of genius.

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