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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? 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
the realism which modern art aims at; to sculpture, uniting the beauty of the Greek and the expression of the Renaissance with some third quality yet undiscovered, so as to give us the images of men and women splendidly alive, yet not disqualified from making, as all true sculpture should, architectural ornament. All this it may do; or, on the other hand, it may lead us into the desert, and art may seem to be dead amidst us; or feebly and uncertainly to be struggling 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. Y WHICH MEDIAEVAL ART ATTAINED THE REALISM WHICH MODERN ART AIMS AT TO SCULPTURE UNITING THE BEAUTY OF THE GREEK AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE RENAISSANCE WITH SOME THIRD QUALITY YET UNDISCOVERED SO AS TO GIVE US THE IMAGES OF MEN AND WOMEN SPLENDIDLY ALIVE YET NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM MAKING AS ALL TRUE SCULPTURE SHOULD ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT ALL THIS IT MAY DO OR ON THE OTHER HAND IT MAY LEAD US INTO THE DESERT AND ART MAY SEEM TO BE DEAD AMIDST US OR FEEBLY AND UNCERTAINLY TO BE STRUGGLING 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
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