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In short, men will find out that the men of our days were wrong in first multiplying their needs, and then trying, each man of them, to evade all participation in the means and processes whereby those needs are satisfied; that this kind of division of labour is really only a new and wilful form of arrogant and slothful ignorance, far more injurious to the happiness and contentment of life than the ignorance of the processes of Nature, of what we sometimes call _science_, which men of the earlier days unwittingly lived in. IN SHORT MEN WILL FIND OUT THAT THE MEN OF OUR DAYS WERE WRONG IN FIRST MULTIPLYING THEIR NEEDS AND THEN TRYING EACH MAN OF THEM TO EVADE ALL PARTICIPATION IN THE MEANS AND PROCESSES WHEREBY THOSE NEEDS ARE SATISFIED THAT THIS KIND OF DIVISION OF LABOUR IS REALLY ONLY A NEW AND WILFUL FORM OF ARROGANT AND SLOTHFUL IGNORANCE FAR MORE INJURIOUS TO THE HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT OF LIFE THAN THE IGNORANCE OF THE PROCESSES OF NATURE OF WHAT WE SOMETIMES CALL SCIENCE WHICH MEN OF THE EARLIER DAYS UNWITTINGLY LIVED IN
le a dwelling-place the earth would be; they would accordingly do less and less work, till the mood of energy, of which I began by speaking, urged them on afresh: but by that time Nature, relieved by the relaxation of man’s work, would be recovering her ancient beauty, and be teaching men the old story of art. And as the Artificial Famine, caused by men working for the profit of a master, and which we now look upon as a matter of course, would have long disappeared, they would be free to do as they chose, and they would set aside their machines in all cases where the work seemed pleasant or desirable for handiwork; till in all crafts where production of beauty was required, the most direct communication between a man’s hand and his brain would be sought for. And there would be many occupations also, as the processes of agriculture, in which the voluntary exercise of energy would be thought so delightful, that people would not dream of handing over its pleasure to the jaws of a machine. MEAN THE MORE DESIRABLE A DWELLING PLACE THE EARTH WOULD BE THEY WOULD ACCORDINGLY DO LESS AND LESS WORK TILL THE MOOD OF ENERGY OF WHICH I BEGAN BY SPEAKING URGED THEM ON AFRESH BUT BY THAT TIME NATURE RELIEVED BY THE RELAXATION OF MAN'S WORK WOULD BE RECOVERING HER ANCIENT BEAUTY AND BE TEACHING MEN THE OLD STORY OF ART AND AS THE ARTIFICIAL FAMINE CAUSED BY MEN WORKING FOR THE PROFIT OF A MASTER AND WHICH WE NOW LOOK UPON AS A MATTER OF COURSE WOULD HAVE LONG DISAPPEARED THEY WOULD BE FREE TO DO AS THEY CHOSE AND THEY WOULD SET ASIDE THEIR MACHINES IN ALL CASES WHERE THE WORK SEEMED PLEASANT OR DESIRABLE FOR HANDIWORK TILL IN ALL CRAFTS WHERE PRODUCTION OF BEAUTY WAS REQUIRED THE MOST DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MAN'S HAND AND HIS BRAIN WOULD BE SOUGHT FOR AND THERE WOULD BE MANY OCCUPATIONS ALSO AS THE PROCESSES OF AGRICULTURE IN WHICH THE VOLUNTARY EXERCISE OF ENERGY WOULD BE THOUGHT SO DELIGHTFUL THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT DREAM OF HANDING OVER ITS PLEASURE TO THE JAWS OF A MACHINE
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