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Rh an inharmonious result as our best engineers are of building a bridge or a house that would tumble down as soon as the scaffolding was withdrawn. They believe that there is a general law that governs the harmonious combinations of all sensual objects, and that this general law lies at the root of, in fact constitutes, that unwritten code we term "taste," A book I met with, which was written by one of their most intelligent authors, was called "The Correlations of the Harmonies of all Sensual Impressions," in which the author attempted to reduce all the harmonies of sensual impressions to one general law. Whether he succeeded in this I am unable to say, as the book was too deep for my thorough comprehension; but as it was very highly spoken of by those most able to appreciate it, I presume the author had accomplished his task satisfactorily.