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A word or two on an objection which has often been made to me when I have been talking on this subject. A WORD OR TWO ON AN OBJECTION WHICH HAS OFTEN BEEN MADE TO ME WHEN I HAVE BEEN TALKING ON THIS SUBJECT
will, is played out. At the risk of being accused of sentimentality, I will say that since this is so, since the work which produces the things that should be matters of art is but a burden and a slavery, I exult in this at least, that it cannot produce art; that all it can do lies between stark utilitarianism and idiotic sham. Or indeed is that merely sentimental? Rather, I think, we who have learned to see the connection between industrial slavery and the degradation of the arts have learned also to hope for a future for those arts; since the day will certainly come when men will shake off the yoke, and refuse to accept the mere artificial compulsion of the gambling market to waste their lives in ceaseless and hopeless toil; and when it does come, their instincts for beauty and imagination set free along with them, will produce such art as they need; and who can say that it will not as far surpass the art of past ages as that does the poor relics of it left us by the age of commerce? GS BY THEIR OWN FREE WILL IS PLAYED OUT AT THE RISK OF BEING A USUAL SENTIMENTALITY I WILL SAY THAT SINCE THIS IS SO SINCE THE WORK WHICH PRODUCES THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE MATTERS OF ART IS BUT A BURDEN UNDER SLAVERY I EXULT IN THIS AT LEAST THAT IT CANNOT PRODUCE ART THAT ALL IT CAN DO LIES BETWEEN STARK UTILITARIANISM AND IDIOTIC SHAM OR INDEED IS THAT MERELY SENTIMENTAL RATHER I THINK WE WHO HAVE LEARNED TO SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY AND THE DEGRADATION OF THE ARTS HAVE LEARNED ALSO TO HOPE FOR A FUTURE FOR THOSE ARTS SINCE THE DAY WILL CERTAINLY COME WHEN MEN WILL SHAKE OFF THE YOKE AND REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE MERE ARTIFICIAL COMPULSION OF THE GAMBLING MARKET TO WASTE THEIR LIVES IN CEASELESS AND HOPELESS TOIL AND WHEN IT DOES COME THEIR INSTINCTS FOR BEAUTY AND IMAGINATION SET FREE ALONG WITH THEM WILL PRODUCE SUCH ART AS THEY NEED AND WHO CAN SAY THAT IT WILL NOT AS FAR SURPASS THE ART OF PAST AGES AS THAT DOES THE POOR RELICS OF IT LEFT US BY THE AGE OF COMMERCE
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