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But whatever the demand of the age, I insist that that which _ought_ to be presented to its beholding, is the common good uncommonly developed, and that not because of its rarity, but because it is truer to humanity. BUT WHATEVER THE DEMAND OF THE AGE I INSIST THAT THAT WHICH OUGHT TO BE PRESENTED TO ITS BEHOLDING IS THE COMMON GOOD UNCOMMONLY DEVELOPED AND THAT NOT BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY BUT BECAUSE IT IS TRUER TO HUMANITY
; but the best love and the individual in whom love is supreme are the rarest of all things. That for which humanity has the strongest claim upon its workmen, is the representation of its own best; but the loudest demand of the present day is for the representation of that grade of humanity of which men see the most--that type of things which could never have been but that it might pass. The demand marks the commonness, narrowness, low-levelled satisfaction of the age. It loves its own--not that which might be, and ought to be its own--not its better self, infinitely higher than its present, for the sake of whose approach it exists. I do not think that the age is worse in this respect than those which have preceded it, but that vulgarity, and a certain vile contentment swelling to self-admiration, have become more vocal than hitherto; just as unbelief, which I think in reality less prevailing than in former ages, has become largely more articulate, and thereby more loud and peremptory. ANYTHING ELSE FOR INSTANCE BUT THE BEST LOVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN WHOM LOVE IS SUPREME ARE THE RAREST OF ALL THINGS THAT FOR WHICH HUMANITY HAS THE STRONGEST CLAIM UPON ITS WORKMEN IS THE REPRESENTATION OF ITS OWN BEST BUT THE LOUDEST DEMAND OF THE PRESENT DAY IS FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THAT GRADE OF HUMANITY OF WHICH MEN SEE THE MOST THAT TYPE OF THINGS WHICH CAN NEVER HAVE BEEN BUT THAT IT MIGHT PASS THE DEMAND MARKS THE COMMONEST NARROWNESS LOW LEVELLED SATISFACTION OF THE AGE IT LOVES ITS OWN NOT THAT WHICH MIGHT BE AND OUGHT TO BE ITS OWN NOT ITS BETTER SELF INFINITELY HIGHER THAN ITS PRESENT FOR THE SAKE OF WHOSE APPROACH IT EXISTS I DO NOT THINK THAT THE AGE IS WORSE IN THIS RESPECT THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE PRECEDED IT BUT THAT VULGARITY AND A CERTAIN VILE CONTENTMENT SWELLING TO SELF ADMIRATION HAVE BECOME MORE VOCAL THAN HITHERTO JUST AS UNBELIEF WHICH I THINK IN REALITY LESS PREVAILING THAN IN FORMER AGES HAS BECOME LARGELY MORE ARTICULATE AND THEREBY MORE LOUD AND PEREMPTORY
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