to the well-known work entitled The Federalist, and on whose profound
disquisitions the pillars of our government may be said to rest. Yes,
_there_, we boldly affirm it, _there_, is to be found the true {~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH VARIA~}
{~GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH OXIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}--there is architectural and constructive rhythm. There is analogy of
ideas, there is harmony of adaptation, there is unity of power. There is
both statistical and dynamical beauty--the beauty of rest, the beauty of
strength in repose, the beauty of action in harmonious equilibrium. There
is that which gives its highest charm to music, the perception of ratios,
and ideas, and related chords, instead of mere unmeaning sounds. There is
that which makes the enchantment of the picture, the exquisite blending of
colors, the proper mingling of light and shade, the perspective adjustment
of the near and the remote. There are all the elements of that high
satisfaction we experience in the contemplation of any dramatic act, or of
any structure, real or ideal, in which there is a perfect arrangement of
mutually supporting parts, and a perfect resolution of mutually related
forces, all combined with harmonious reference to a high and glorious end.

Irrespective, then, of its more immediate social and political utilities,
there is a high value in our Federal Constitution when viewed thus in
reference solely to its artistic excellence. We may thus speak of its
worth _per se_, as a model of the {~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH VARIA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH OXIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}, just as we would of that of a
picture, or a temple, or an anthem. But even in this aspect it has its
higher utilities. Is there no value in the elevating effect it must ever
have upon those who have intellect enough to comprehend what we have
called its artistic logic, and soul enough to feel the harmonizing
influence of its artistic beauty? Will not a people reason better who have
ever before them a work which has been the result of so much philosophical
and scientific thought? Will not their moral taste be purified, and their
love of the true and the beautiful be increased, in proportion as their
minds enter truly into th