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For art, if it has to die, has worn itself out, and its aim will be a thing forgotten; and its aim was to make work happy and rest fruitful. FOR ART IF IT HAS TO DIE HAS WORN ITSELF OUT AND ITS AIM WILL BE A THING FORGOTTEN AND ITS AIM WAS TO MAKE WORK HAPPY AND REST FRUITFUL
ther. There is another pleasure for the world gone down the wind; here, again, the beauty and romance have been uselessly, causelessly, most foolishly thrown away. These two cases are given simply because they have been fixed in my mind; they are but types of what is going on everywhere throughout civilization: the world is everywhere growing uglier and more commonplace, in spite of the conscious and very strenuous efforts of a small group of people towards the revival of art, which are so obviously out of joint with the tendency of the age that, while the uncultivated have not even heard of them, the mass of the cultivated look upon them as a joke, and even that they are now beginning to get tired of. Now, if it be true, as I have asserted, that genuine art is an unmixed blessing to the world, this is a serious matter; for at first sight it seems to show that there will soon be no art at all in the world, which will thus lose an unmixed blessing; it can ill afford to do that, I think. TLY TO DESTROY IT ALTOGETHER THERE IS ANOTHER PLEASURE FOR THE WORLD GONE DOWN THE WIND HERE AGAIN THE BEAUTY AND ROMANCE HAVE BEEN USELESSLY CAUSELESSLY MOST FOOLISHLY THROWN AWAY THESE TWO CASES ARE GIVEN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN FIXED IN MY MIND THEY ARE BUT TYPES OF WHAT IS GOING ON EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT CIVILIZATION THE WORLD IS EVERYWHERE GROWING UGLIER AND MORE COMMONPLACE IN SPITE OF THE CONSCIOUS AND VERY STRENUOUS EFFORTS OF A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE TOWARDS THE REVIVAL OF ART WHICH ARE SO OBVIOUSLY OUT OF JOINT WITH THE TENDENCY OF THE AGE THAT WHILE THE UNCULTIVATED HAVE NOT EVEN HEARD OF THEM THE MASS OF THE CULTIVATED LOOK UPON THEM AS A JOKE AND EVEN THAT THEY ARE NOW BEGINNING TO GET TIRED OF NOW IF IT BE TRUE AS I HAVE ASSERTED THAT GENUINE ART IS AN UNMIXED BLESSING TO THE WORLD THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER FOR AT FIRST SIGHT IT SEEMS TO SHOW THAT THERE WILL SOON BE NO ART AT ALL IN THE WORLD WHICH WILL THUS LOSE AN UNMIXED BLESSING IT CAN ILL AFFORD TO DO THAT I THINK
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