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* * * * * So that there has arisen this strange phenomenon, that there is now a class of ladies and gentlemen, very refined indeed, though not perhaps as well informed as is generally supposed, and of this refined class there are many who do really love beauty and incident—i.e., art, and would make sacrifices to get it; and these are led by artists of great manual skill and high intellect, forming altogether a large body of demand for the article. And yet the supply does not come. SO THAT THERE HAS ARISEN THIS STRANGE PHENOMENON THAT THERE IS NOW A CLASS OF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN VERY REFINED INDEED THOUGH NOT PERHAPS AS WELL INFORMED AS IS GENERALLY SUPPOSED AND OF THIS REFINED CLASS THERE ARE MANY WHO DO REALLY LOVE BEAUTY AND INCIDENT I E ART AND WOULD MAKE SACRIFICES TO GET IT AND THESE ARE LED BY ARTISTS OF GREAT MANUAL SKILL AND HIGH INTELLECT FORMING ALTOGETHER A LARGE BODY OF DEMAND FOR THE ARTICLE AND YET THE SUPPLY DOES NOT COME
rob him, and open violence of the highway-robbery kind. In short, industrial production was not the instrument used for robbing the “lower classes;” it is now the main instrument used in that honourable profession. The mediæval craftsman was free in his work, therefore he made it as amusing to himself as he could; and it was his pleasure and not his pain that made all things beautiful that were made, and lavished treasures of human hope and thought on everything that man made, from a cathedral to a porridge-pot. Come, let us put it in the way least respectful to the mediæval craftsman, most polite to the modern “hand:” the poor devil of the fourteenth century, his work was of so little value that he was allowed to waste it by the hour in pleasing himself—and others; but our highly-strung mechanic, his minutes are too rich with the burden of perpetual profit for him to be allowed to waste one of them on art; the present system will not allow him—cannot allow him—to produce works of art. BVIOUSLY INTENDED TO ROB HIM AND OPEN VIOLENCE OF THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY KIND IN SHORT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WAS NOT THE INSTRUMENT USED FOR ROBBING THE LOWER CLASSES IT IS NOW THE MAIN INSTRUMENT USED IN THAT HONORABLE PROFESSION THE MEDIAEVAL CRAFTSMAN WAS FREE IN HIS WORK THEREFORE HE MADE IT AS AMUSING TO HIMSELF AS HE COULD AND IT WAS HIS PLEASURE AND NOT HIS PAIN THAT MADE ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL THAT WERE MADE AND LAVISHED TREASURES OF HUMAN HOPE AND THOUGHT ON EVERYTHING THAT MAN MADE FROM A CATHEDRAL TO A PORRIDGE POT COME LET US PUT IT IN THE WAY LEAST RESPECTFUL TO THE MEDIAEVAL CRAFTSMAN MOST POLITE TO THE MODERN HAND THE POOR DEVIL OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY HIS WORK WAS OF SO LITTLE VALUE THAT HE WAS ALLOWED TO WASTE IT BY THE HOUR IN PLEASING HIMSELF AND OTHERS BUT OUR HIGHLY STRUNG MECHANIC HIS MINUTES ARE TOO RICH WITH THE BURDEN OF PERPETUAL PROFIT FOR HIM TO BE ALLOWED TO WASTE ONE OF THEM ON ART THE PRESENT SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW HIM CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO PRODUCE WORKS OF ART
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