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It has been sold, and at a cheap price indeed: muddled away by the greed and incompetence of fools who do not know what life and pleasure mean, who will neither take them themselves nor let others have them. IT HAS BEEN SOLD AND AT A CHEAP PRICE INDEED MUDDLED AWAY BY THE GREED AND INCOMPETENCE OF FOOLS WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT LIFE AND PLEASURE MEAN WHO WILL NEITHER TAKE THEM THEMSELVES NOR LET OTHERS HAVE THEM
otten its old glories. For my part, with art as it now is, I cannot bring myself to think that it much matters which of these dooms awaits it, so long as each bears with it some hope of what is to come; since here, as in other matters, there is no hope save in Revolution. The old art is no longer fertile, no longer yields us anything save elegantly poetical regrets; being barren, it has but to die, and the matter of moment now is, as to how it shall die, whether _with_ hope or _without_ it. What is it, for instance, that has destroyed the Rouen, the Oxford of _my_ elegant poetic regret? Has it perished for the benefit of the people, either slowly yielding to the growth of intelligent change and new happiness? or has it been, as it were, thunderstricken by the tragedy which mostly accompanies some great new birth? Not so. Neither phalangstere nor dynamite has swept its beauty away, its destroyers have not been either the philanthropist or the Socialist, the co-operator or the anarchist.  IN A WORLD WHICH HAS UTTERLY FORGOTTEN ITS OLD GLORIES FOR MY PART WITH ART AS IT NOW IS I CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO THINK THAT IT MUCH MATTERS WHICH OF THESE DOOMS AWAITS IT SO LONG AS EACH BEARS WITH IT SOME HOPE OF WHAT IS TO COME SINCE HERE AS IN OTHER MATTERS THERE IS NO HOPE SAVE IN REVOLUTION THE OLD ART IS NO LONGER FERTILE NO LONGER YIELDS US ANYTHING SAVE ELEGANTLY POETICAL REGRETS BEING BARREN IT HAS BUT TO DIE AND THE MATTER OF MOMENT NOW IS AS TO HOW IT SHALL DIE WHETHER WITH HOPE OR WITHOUT IT WHAT IS IT FOR INSTANCE THAT HAS DESTROYED THE RUMOUR THE OXFORD OF MY ELEGANT POETIC REGRET HAS IT PERISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE EITHER SLOWLY YIELDING TO THE GROWTH OF INTELLIGENT CHANGE AND NEW HAPPINESS OR HAS IT BEEN AS IT WERE THUNDER STRICKEN BY THE TRAGEDY WHICH MOSTLY ACCOMPANIES SOME GREAT NEW BIRTH NOT SO NEITHER PHAL STARE NOR DYNAMITE HAS SWEPT ITS BEAUTY AWAY ITS DESTROYERS HAVE NOT BEEN EITHER THE PHILANTHROPIST OR THE SOCIALIST THE CO OPERATOR OR THE ANARCHIST
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