…on today’s memorable quotation

We often speak of morality; for example, religious versus secular; however, the goodness corresponding to great works of art passes unnoticed, and pure and true art may be said to conspire with virtue. To wit:

“These are the countenances of the first born, – the face of man in the morning of the world. No mark is on these lofty features of sloth, or luxury, or meanness and they surprise you with a moral admonition, as they speak of nothing around you; but, remind you of the frequent thoughts on the purist resolutions of your youth.”

~ Emerson