Excerpt from The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of Form There can be no doubt that the effect produced by the harmony of sound, colour, and form, are equally the result of a susceptibility of the human mind, which renders it capable of appreciating an adhe rence to certain natural principles by which harmony in every case is produced. These principles are clearly understood in regard to the harmony of sound, from its having occupied the attention of the most eminent natural philosophers in all ages. Colours, likewise, since the discoveries of Sir Isaac newton, have in their combinations been reduced to something like system. But the harmony of form has been left out of those enquiries, as a matter depending upon opinion alone, unless in regard to architecture, where the works of the ancients have in some measure supplied the want of general principles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.