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I don't quite admit that; it is the allowing machines to be our masters and not our servants that so injures the beauty of life nowadays. I DON'T QUITE ADMIT THAT IT IS THE ALLOWING MACHINES TO BE OUR MASTERS AND NOT OUR SERVANTS THAT SO INJURES THE BEAUTY OF LIFE NOWADAYS
ll 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. 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. DY 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 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
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