Charles Sumner: “In disputing about beauty, we are too often lost in the variety of…”

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In disputing about beauty, we are too often lost in the variety of individual tastes; and yet each person knows when he is touched.

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Sumner emphasizes that individual tastes in beauty can vary, yet people recognize when they are moved.

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Charles Sumner: “In disputing about beauty, we are too often lost in the variety of individual tastes; and yet each person knows when he…”