Show w ifor ifer f for the deseret detent nog now TASTE it I 1 is far easier tr to designate what is not taste than what is it ia tr rles ries les ies fatiguing to the mind ind to create doubts and deal in nega aega a than it ia is to demonstrate principles it seems lo 10 be an inherent feeling in human nature 1 te to criticism criticise critic ise the performance performances a of others a dott d entres meg mea without the necessary qualifications we set up for perhaps even a 1 cledge f the first principles upon which eke ele ich a just j st decision decia on should be rendered it might be bad sad sa d that as man was granted a mind that ahoi id be used and a kno ledee or jud judgment ment he freedom of nh h ch is indis india buted lie be has a right to form such opinion ai as be he ma may y de deem em proper this is perfectly just so go 0 long iong O g as be respects the feel and tig rights ats of others but in forming and expressing an unjust opinion upon any subject be he is more liable to injure the prospects of others than he can be to better his bis own 1 we all mo e or less eggs rely upon the judgment i of respected friends and by close communion we are liable to receive the impress of their erro a 8 and they thus by contract contracting inz a false taste and err leous judgment unintentionally injure us we thus see that taste which in des dee drignat ignat ing ins the fitness of things a synonymous with judgment plays a important r art in the economy oc of lite life and a proper cultivation and application of it in the daily drama of exit exi t ence would be the means of effable enabling ing us to make a n b e and use of the talents god may have lave granted us egotistical vanity vanly may cause us to overrate our own pert perfections sections but it should never obliterate the desire for improvement taste as it is often understood judges more the fitness of words of formation formations ss and substances stances q than the appropriateness of ideas in expression or the mode of addressing our selver belver to the understanding of ahers taste is all important but too often the ideas if they have nought of vulgarity may be vicious in the extreme and yet pass with enthusiasm among the thinking who no judge by the mere glitter and glare of inflated expression to an observer or of sound understanding taste is an almost infallible criterion of nati nal morality for where we see the evil passion sand the crimes of the age dissected by the caterer of pubic public amusement to satisfy the abnormal clavings cravings cravi of a vitiated taste there we may expect but little littie of nobleness or virtue to dwell the pomposity of a michelet Mi Afi chelet cheet is beilla perhaps ps bearable but the di gusting morality ol 01 de yae dyl madam alam george sand or even of the ril it llant it cequs enus is certainly anything but a restraint to y passions and licentiousness and bespeaks a lamentable lack of virtue lu e amorelli among the at gay ay inhabit ants lf f the capital of t the he fa lo 10 world perhaps amen ca can la jay C laim claim to the second rant rank in this brilliant K but t vicious literary confederation in which genius is the caterer to crime and taste the vehicle of communication there are noble hearts that have long fought against this increase of immorality and in all lanis lanos have they bravely confronted this most demoralizing moral izing of all principles that desire and inclination should at all times be gratified for god designed they should be virtuous minds taste might compel to choose a virtuous subject a lofty arld and noble mind a lofty lorty and ennobling sub bub subject jec combined t lined yet et it is seldom indeed that we fi find d taste com combined in uie vie just proportions necessary to constitute this harm barin ri nv of ideas and expression an ennobling subject treated upon in a confused and inharmonious manner and without strength of express expression ion inn sufficient to convey a just co concep ion lon of things shocks the mind and by this absence nce of all taste is the joining together of parts oua it m L a t at e ives imes u us a ten lot lue the very virtues we should cultivate how vicious n ci ous upon public morals this sek seeking beking for a flowing combination of liquid sounds and harmonious modes of expression is is at the expense of vir bous principles would ouid be difficult to judge yet it if io nevertheless true that the mind of man asks more after that which is ably explained even though meretricious tri cious than that which ia is poorly advocated though hough a true and heaven born principe principle this may be called taste carri d to an ex reme in a morbid dt desire sire for harmony har bar nony and mere beauty of expression passes with toe unwary for virtue we may cali call this false alse taste yet it is a natural sequence to the manners ot of the age the education of the present resent day cultivates the intellectual at the expense of the moral faculties and takes from man the high prerogative to which be he is entitled though in this respect taste is abused aused yet is this expression to be cul iva lva for without it t BO iro man can properly explain his ideas the inharmonious manner of some the mind which labors vainly to comprehend the meaning bemoaning taste might be designated by a single term appropriate appropriateness idess iness that ia is a einess finess fitness of subject I 1 of word and arid a proper harmony and strength in the construction of sen ances no two men are formed exactly alike nor do any two experience like sensation upon viewing a similar object the principles upon which the he human t f rm TM is developed are similar in all yet the parts const it are of various proportions and es I 1 he outlines and general contour are alike but the arrangement is dissimilar in ilke like mai ner is taste developed ed in biffl ere it minds an alchemist mixes his hia is drs ans A ns in various proportions to produce re fr ertain atai ft results and those results lever never vary if the proportions are alike yet taste is seldom it ever found similar in any two persons persona however near alike in tempera ment or general characteristics yet Is isit it alike in principle when we meet with any one who viel view with distaste the varied and stupendous wr ark rk fogs inge of nature we may lay jay it down aa as an axiom of unerring truth that he ia is devoid ot of all true taste the fanciful should never aeter be cultivated 4 t the expense of ef the solid and real wisdom will always create a true division of the two tastes however may vary and both be in instructive tive and proper I 1 1 may lave have no rio ear for music or even be anabe to distinguish one note from another yet such a fact does not suppose or substantiate the position tion that iam tam presuppose ire Fre rosi rosf position am void of all taster tastes taste but hut that I 1 do du not posa as taste in that one respect I 1 may be unable to appreciate the harmony of musical sounds sound and vet let be awe struck and listen with reveren reverence ceto to the deep ones of the thun der as it flashes from the murky atmosphere here bere of some tempest dark cloud I 1 may be unable to discern the beauties of the ideal creations crea tieni of raphael or angelo anelo and yet stand C coni oni founded before the huge mount ins up reared by gods great hand band and my soul careless of ma tonas lonas or Apol apoi apollos lols reserved and indiver indifferent to their glories bow before the low ly violet of the hied bied fied field and yet this is taste biste tiste should be nature simpli simplicity cily should be the first of all ac acknowledged knowledg d beauties and then this affected po dosity BO so nauseating nau eating to an ingenious and warm heart would no longer louger be cultivated to the exclusion of truthfulness the complicated forms of fashionable xeres ion rion lon so prolific of is injurious to all birtous sentiment the aged who 4 ho have kiewe I 1 lire life in it its many and varied phases can perhaps discern between the light of the pure gem and the glitter of the false crystals buethe but the oung the impulsive and the war warm in heart beart hearted eds are to apt to be lured by the hope of present pleasure from the cultivation of a taste which knows no deac ion and which is a constant source of usefulness and pleasure there is scarcely anything that gives rise to pleasure to a greater extent than thau taste or I 1 which in its source in more pure and intellectual it should shoud be our pride to cultivate and il acquire a polite and refined taste that whenever amid the varied and complicated scenery of life we are called tipon upon to pass judge t nt tit upon any production of mint or of art we may be able to do so with credit to ourselves and justice to the object judged the bigotry and fanaticism ot of sectarian parties should uever sever be the cause of condemning a meritorious performance and our minds should be ged sed we should found our decisions upon the real merits of what hat we judge and n not t condemn a his hib history torys on a treatise on philosophy simply because the moral character of the writer is a libel to virtue the multitudinous varlet variety presented in w of art displays the dige diVe liverence difference rence existing with regard to tast yet though all those modes may differ in outward resemblance ne nevert be ess egg they are alike in one ingredient purity at least those that are said to be such by a d impartial judgment the figure of a venues venus presenting in every nerve and out outi ne a sensuous and in indolent dolent expression may perhaps be perfect or in accord ance with fallen nature yet would it never embo ambo y to our mind an idea of purity and virtue many in their perso nations strive too much to pattern aate mankind as they are and arid not riot as they sh an uld be and instead of ad cancin in purity they retrograde in having the ices of our fellow beings upheld constantly before us we b come accustomed to their deformities and it begets a feeling of morbid sympathy injurious to tte the expansion ot E av and generous princ ples plea T tue the lle lie idea that public punishment will check crime is a mistaken one as we wind find finacy by history that it exists i in n a much greater degree where the laws are rigorous and severe and where punishment openly follows transgression it is tit only the timid who are awed by the display of force for the daring and reckless will brave it for the very excitement to which it gives rise perhaps no one individual could ever give a true and correct definition of taste so that I 1 id would apply equally t all difference of temperament pe often constitutes difference of tate taste and inclination yet this diversity but adorns life so much sameness palls the mind and imagination gi nation mch which plays a pr principal incila i I 1 I 1 par part t in the econ my of happiness would nave have no opportunity to expand and to increase the means brodu tive of contentment and joy the useful stands in juxtaposition to the fanci fanciful fuls tuli in many instances yet the oba ct to be gained being properly judgment should guide our decision fitness or as we have already said appropriateness is and ever should be th ahr criterion crit erion trion of taste this in a moral view some might say cannot be for t ate or a ay iy lead us to commit an unjust action simply because we deem it necessary to forcad our own peculiar desues ani ant selliah agg this is not so we A e have already said true irue taste cannot exist without purity and where purity is sin and an d selfishness cannot come cone that object or that expression which cals the glow of shame to the cheek of the moat meat innocent of gods lods chil chi ren ig is vicious and it is true severe word like severe have at times to be uttered to stay an at erring nature from the commis ion lon of crime yet even then a moderation has to be observed it if this is applied for the reformation ef of our character and then only as th virulence of the disease dicta dictate tess teft how bovy wrong must they be who would by precept and example dettl demean edil egli all mantled ti theft ow owa levelvet leyel level lyet yet alasi lasi iasi how often otten do we find it so on 1 we all ar r erring and therefore in our out judgments should we be merciful some sons when they bear the maximiand max maxims imsand and prece precepts pm of the wise ag as taught by them and when they 1 see how bow sadly they fail in the application of their own laws say they are hypocritical yet it may not be so tue the intellectual is far ahead and superior to the physical I 1 tion ol 01 man and though mentally be he may know what is just and correct yet physically be he may way be unable to perform any anyone one who seriously reflects who notes the various and conflicting interests and ana conglomerated chaos that is seething around can but admit this thib fact indeed we can safely say we are non none of us perfect nor infallible in judgment and that we are extremely ext remey fallible in actions yet this should never stay our oun endeavors the mind is a progressive substance if substance it is and we have the means by us to form it into a noble and ev ear r asting treasure why not then n cultivate this taste so peculiarly adapted to enlarge our joys a and n 1 the joys joye of those around us it rr ay require toil it may require study and effort but the idea of an everlasting existence should spur our n deavors avore for 01 how bow transcendently blissful will it prove to our future progresso pro gressl resel OBION |