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It is not a primeval forest, where you can climb trees and roll on the grass at will! IT IS NOT A PRIMEVAL FOREST WHERE YOU CAN CLIMB TREES AND ROLL ON THE GRASS AT WILL
 stage, or, to give a still more up-to-date example, the Russian Ballet! A certain organized institution. It could not go on if the dancers had not been taught at all and thought they could cavort about as they pleased on the plea of being natural. The higher the state of their training, the _more perfectly natural_ do their movements appear. So you, before entering society, should learn in such perfection all the technical part of polish that to do the right thing comes naturally to you, and gives you time, so to speak, to encourage your individual talent, and be a Pavlova or a Karsavina. But, if you are only at the stage of the last-joined chorus-girl, you cannot hope to dance the _pas seul_! Should you desire to be so perfectly savage that you need never think if you are doing ugly and unattractive things or not, then you have no business to try to enter society at all, which is admittedly a civilized circle, with standards of behavior which are the result of centuries of evolution. CIETY IS AN OPERATIC STAGE OR TO GIVE YOU A STILL MORE UP TO DATE EXAMPLE THE RUSSIAN BALLET A CERTAIN ORGANISED INSTITUTION IT COULD NOT GO ON IF THE DANCERS HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT AT ALL AND THOUGHT THEY COULD CAVORT ABOUT AS THEY PLEASED ON THE PLEA OF BEING NATURAL THE HIGHER THEIR STATE OF THEIR TRAINING THE MORE PERFECTLY NATURAL DO THEIR MOVEMENTS APPEAR SO YOU BEFORE ENTERING SOCIETY SHOULD LEARN IN SUCH PERFECTION ALL THE TECHNICAL PART OF POLISH THAT TO DO THE RIGHT THING COMES NATURALLY TO YOU AND GIVES YOU TIME SO TO SPEAK TO ENCOURAGE YOUR INDIVIDUAL TALENT AND BE A PAVLOVER OR CARSERVINA BUT IF YOU ARE ONLY AT THE STAGE OF THE LAST JOINED CHORUS GIRL YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DANCE THE PAST SOUL SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO BE SO PERFECTLY SAVAGE THAT YOU NEED NEVER THINK IF YOU'RE DOING UGLY AND UNATTRACTIVE THINGS OR NOT THEN YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS TO TRY TO ENTER SOCIETY AT ALL WHICH IS ADMITTEDLY A CIVILIZED CIRCLE WITH STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF CENTURIES OF EVOLUTION
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