Note 274 — Chapter XXIII · THE GENIUS OF GREEK ART.

This chapter was written with the purpose of simply illustrating the æsthetic spirit of the Greeks. I had no intention of writing a complete essay on the spirit of the Greeks as displayed in their history and philosophy. Nor did I, in what I said about the illustrative uses of Greek sculpture, seek to sketch the outlines of a systematic study of that art. Therefore I chose examples freely from all periods without regard to chronology or antiquarian distinctions.