TocallaJapanesecook，forinstance，anartistwouldbebutthebarestacknowledgmentoffact，forJapanesefoodisfarmorebeautifultolookatthanagreeabletoeat;whileTokiotailorsarecertainlymastersofdrapery，iftheyaresublimelyoblivioustothenaturalmodelingsofthemaleorfemaleform。
Ontheotherhand，artissown，liketheuseoftobacco，broadcastamongthepeople。ItisthebirthrightoftheFarEast，thetalentitneverhides。Throughoutthelengthandbreadthoftheland，andfromthehighestprincetothehumblestpeasant，artreignssupreme。
Nowsuchaprevalenceofartisticfeelingimpliesofitselfimpersonalityinthepeople。Atfirstsightitmightseemasifsciencedidthesame，andthatinthisrespecttheonehemisphereoffsettheother，andthatconsequentlybothshouldbeequallyimpersonal。Butinthefirstplace，ourmassesarenotimbuedwiththescientificspirit，astheirsarewithartisticsensibility。
Whowouldexpectofamasonanimpersonalinterestintheprinciplesofthearch，orofaplumberanon—financialdevotiontohydraulics？
CertainlyonewouldbewrongincreditingthemassesingeneralorEuropeanwaitersinparticularwithmuchabstractloveofmathematics，forexample。Inthesecondplace，thereisanessentialdifferenceintheattitudeofthetwosubjectsuponpersonality。Emotionally，scienceappealstonobody，arttoeverybody。Nowtheemotionsconstitutethelargerpartofthatcomplexbundleofideaswhichweknowasself。Athoughtwhichisnottingedtosomeextentwithfeelingisnotonlynotpersonal;properlyspeaking，itisnotevendistinctivelyhuman，butcosmical。Initsloftysuperioritytoman，scienceisunpersonalratherthanimpersonal。Art，ontheotherhand，isafamiliarspirit。Throughthewindowsofthesensesshefindsherwayintotheverysoulofman，andmakesforherselfahomethere。