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Joseph: This theory you present is not at all insignificant, Master,
prohibiting tedious commonplaces and demanding sublime and unusual ideas
within the natural order.
Aloys: Very true. For it is not eaasy to present to hearers a piece that
is easy[7] and natural yet not commonplace; there is a proverb 'To be
simple is difficult' [Facile difficile est]. But yet the excellence and
'spice' of good taste will depend on this 'difficult ease'. He in whom the
concern for novelty inverts th |
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