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Look at all the picture, note all and live in all, and be as merry as you may, never forgetting that you are alive and that it is good to live. LOOK AT ALL THE PICTURE NOTE ALL AND LIVE IN ALL AND BE AS MERRY AS YOU MAY NEVER FORGETTING THAT YOU ARE ALIVE AND THAT IT IS GOOD TO LIVE
dst its violence and passing troubles, like those of a happy child, the worst of them an amusement rather than a grief to the onlookers; a world that scarcely needed hope in its eager life of adventure and love, amidst the sunlit blossoming meadows, and green woods, and white begilded manor-houses. A kindly and human muse is Chaucer’s, nevertheless, interested in and amused by all life, but of her very nature devoid of strong aspirations for the future; and that all the more, since, though the strong devotion and fierce piety of the ruder Middle Ages had by this time waned, and the Church was more often lightly mocked at than either feared or loved, still the _habit_ of looking on this life as part of another yet remained: the world is fair and full of adventure; kind men and true and noble are in it to make one happy; fools also to laugh at, and rascals to be resisted, yet not wholly condemned; and when this world is over we shall still go on living in another which is a part of this. S A SUNNY WORLD EVEN AMIDST ITS VIOLENCE AND PASSING TROUBLES LIKE THOSE OF A HAPPY CHILD THE WORST OF THEM AN AMUSEMENT RATHER THAN A GRIEF TO THE ONLOOKERS A WORLD THAT SCARCELY NEEDED HOPE IN ITS EAGER LIFE OF ADVENTURE AND LOVE AMIDST THE SUNLIT BLOSSOMING MEADOWS AND GREEN WOODS AND WHITE BEGILDED MANOR HOUSES A KINDLY AND HUMAN MUSE IS CHAUCERS NEVERTHELESS INTERESTED IN AND AMUSED BY ALL LIFE BUT OF HER VERY NATURE DEVOID OF STRONG ASPIRATIONS FOR THE FUTURE AND THAT ALL THE MORE SINCE THOUGH THE STRONG DEVOTION AND FIERCE PIETY OF THE RUDER MIDDLE AGES HAD BY THIS TIME WANED AND THE CHURCH WAS MORE OFTEN LIGHTLY MOCKED AT THAN EITHER FEARED OR LOVED STILL THE HABIT OF LOOKING ON THIS LIFE WAS PART OF ANOTHER YET REMAINED THE WORLD IS FAIR AND FULL OF ADVENTURE KIND MEN AND TRUE AND NOBLE ARE IN IT TO MAKE ONE HAPPY FOOLS ALSO TO LAUGH AT AND RASCALS TO BE RESISTED YET NOT WHOLLY CONDEMNED AND WHEN THIS WORLD IS OVER WE SHALL STILL GO ON LIVING IN ANOTHER WHICH IS A PART OF THIS
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