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"On Beauty" The Round Table (1815-1817)
Grace is the absence of every thing that indicates pain or difficulty, or hesitation or incongruity.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Grace, here, is defined by what's missing: no sign of strain, difficulty, hesitation or awkwardness. When a movement or manner looks graceful, it's because effort and mismatch have vanished from view. It's beauty described as smoothness, the absence of anything jarring.
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