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The world's roughness, falseness, and injustice will bring about their natural consequences, and we and our lives are part of those consequences; but since we inherit also the consequences of old resistance to those curses, let us each look to it to have our fair share of that inheritance also, which, if nothing else come of it, will at least bring to us courage and hope; that is, eager life while we live, which is above all things the Aim of Art. THE WORLD'S ROUGHNESS FALSENESS AND INJUSTICE WILL BRING ABOUT THEIR NATURAL CONSEQUENCES AND WE AND OUR LIVES ARE PART OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES BUT SINCE WE INHERIT ALSO THE CONSEQUENCES OF OLD RESISTANCE TO THOSE CURSES LET US EACH LOOK TO IT TO HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF THAT INHERITANCE ALSO WHICH IF NOTHING ELSE COME OF IT WILL AT LEAST BRING TO US COURAGE AND HOPE THAT IS EAGER LIFE WHILE WE LIVE WHICH IS ABOVE ALL THINGS THE AIM OF ART
y cannot be, so long as we groan under the tyranny of Artificial Famine. Once again I warn you against supposing, you who may specially love art, that you will do any good by attempting to revivify art by dealing with its dead exterior. I say it is the _aims of art_ that you must seek rather than the _art itself_; and in that search we may find ourselves in a world blank and bare, as the result of our caring at least this much for art, that we will not endure the shams of it. Anyhow, I ask you to think with me that the worst which can happen to us is to endure tamely the evils that we see; that no trouble or turmoil is so bad as that; that the necessary destruction which reconstruction bears with it must be taken calmly; that everywhere—in State, in Church, in the household—we must be resolute to endure no tyranny, accept no lie, quail before no fear, although they may come before us disguised as piety, duty, or affection, as useful opportunity and good-nature, as prudence or kindness. ED THOUGH I KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT BE SO LONG AS WE GROWN UNDER THE TYRANNY OF ARTIFICIAL FAMINE ONCE AGAIN I WARN YOU AGAINST SUPPOSING YOU WHO MAY SPECIALLY LOVE ART THAT YOU WILL DO ANY GOOD BY ATTEMPTING TO REVIVIFY ART BY DEALING WITH ITS DEAD EXTERIOR I SAY IT IS THE AIMS OF ART THAT YOU MUST SEEK RATHER THAN THE ART ITSELF AND IN THAT SEARCH WE MAY FIND OURSELVES IN A WORLD BLANK AND BARE AS THE RESULT OF OUR CARING AT LEAST THIS MUCH FOR ART THAT WE WILL NOT ENDURE THE SHAMS OF IT ANYHOW I ASK YOU TO THINK WITH ME THAT THE WORST WHICH CAN HAPPEN TO US IS TO ENDURE TAMELY THE EVILS THAT WE SEE THAT NO TROUBLE OR TURMOIL IS SO BAD AS THAT THAT THE NECESSARY DESTRUCTION WHICH RECONSTRUCTION BEARS WITH IT MUST BE TAKEN CALMLY THAT EVERYWHERE IN STATE IN CHURCH IN THE HOUSEHOLD WE MUST BE RESOLUTE TO ENDURE NO TYRANNY ACCEPT NO LIE QUAIL BEFORE NO FEAR ALTHOUGH THEY MAY COME BEFORE US DISGUISE AS PIETY DUTY OR AFFECTION OR AS USEFUL OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD NATURE AS PRUDENCE OR KINDNESS
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