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Before I leave this matter of the surroundings of life, I wish to meet a possible objection. I have spoken of machinery being used freely for releasing people from the more mechanical and repulsive part of necessary labour; and I know that to some cultivated people, people of the artistic turn of mind, machinery is particularly distasteful, and they will be apt to say you will never get your surroundings pleasant so long as you are surrounded by machinery. I LEAVE THIS MATTER OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF LIFE I WISH TO MEET A POSSIBLE OBJECTION I HAVE SPOKEN OF MACHINERY BEING USED FREELY FOR RELEASING PEOPLE FROM THE MORE MECHANICAL AND REPULSIVE PART OF NECESSARY LABOUR AND I KNOW THAT TO SOME CULTIVATED PEOPLE OF THE ARTISTIC TURN OF MIND MACHINERY IS PARTICULARLY DISTASTEFUL AND THEY WILL BE APT TO SAY YOU WILL NEVER GET YOUR SURROUNDINGS PLEASANT SO LONG AS YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY MACHINERY
d collective life could cherish the aspirations which would give birth to its beauty, or have the skill and leisure to carry them out. I for my part should think it much the reverse of a hardship if I had to read my books and meet my friends in such a place; nor do I think I am better off to live in a vulgar stuccoed house crowded with upholstery that I despise, in all respects degrading to the mind and enervating to the body to live in, simply because I call it my own, or my house. It is not an original remark, but I make it here, that my home is where I meet people with whom I sympathise, whom I love. Well, that is my opinion as a middle-class man. Whether a working-class man would think his family possession of his wretched little room better than his share of the palace of which I have spoken, I must leave to his opinion, and to the imaginations of the middle class, who perhaps may sometimes conceive the fact that the said worker is cramped for space and comfort—say on washing-day. E THOUGHT AND COLLECTIVE LIFE COULD CHERISH THE ASPIRATIONS WHICH WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO ITS BEAUTY OR HAVE THE SKILL AND LEISURE TO CARRY THEM OUT I FOR MY PART SHOULD THINK IT VERY MUCH THE REVERSE OF A HARDSHIP IF I HAD TO READ MY BOOKS AND MEET MY FRIENDS IN SUCH A PLACE NOR DO I THINK I AM BETTER OFF TO LIVE IN A VULGAR STACCOED HOUSE CROWDED WITH UPHOLSTERY THAT I DESPISE IN ALL RESPECTS DEGRADING TO THE MIND AND ENERVATING TO THE BODY TO LIVE IN SIMPLY BECAUSE I CALL IT MY OWN OR MY HOUSE IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL REMARK BUT I MAKE IT HERE THAT MY HOME IS WHERE I MEET PEOPLE WITH WHOM I SYMPATHIZE WHOM I LOVE WELL THAT IS MY OPINION AS A MIDDLE CLASS MAN WHETHER A WORKING CLASS MAN WOULD THINK HIS FAMILY POSSESSION OF HIS WRETCHED LITTLE ROOM BETTER THAN HIS SHARE OF THE PALACE OF WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN I MUST LEAVE TO HIS OPINION AND TO THE IMAGINATIONS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS WHO PERHAPS MAY SOMETIMES CONCEIVE THE FACT THAT THE SAID WORKER IS CRAMPED FOR SPACE AND COMFORT SAY ON WASHING DAY
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