We do not arrive at the sublime by degrees, for infinite distances separate it even from the beautiful.[Alternate translation:]You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance between it and the merely beautiful is infinite.[On n’arrive point au sublime par degrés; des distances infinies le séparent même de ce qui n’est que beau.]
Source:(ed. H. W. Derby, 1861) Book IV, Chapter III, Page 60
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