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It may be said, "How can you make this last claim square with the others? If the work is to be so refined, will not the goods made be very expensive?" IT MAY BE SAID HOW CAN YOU MAKE THIS LAST CLAIM SQUARE WITH THE OTHERS IF THE WORK IS TO BE SO REFINED WILL NOT THE GOODS MADE BE VERY EXPENSIVE
m. Science duly applied would enable them to get rid of refuse, to minimize, if not wholly to destroy, all the inconveniences which at present attend the use of elaborate machinery, such as smoke, stench and noise; nor would they endure that the buildings in which they worked or lived should be ugly blots on the fair face of the earth. Beginning by making their factories, buildings, and sheds decent and convenient like their homes, they would infallibly go on to make them not merely negatively good, inoffensive merely, but even beautiful, so that the glorious art of architecture, now for some time slain by commercial greed, would be born again and flourish. So, you see, I claim that work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by its being carried on with intelligent interest, by variety, and by its being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings. But I have also claimed, as we all do, that the day’s work should not be wearisomely long. RT DISORDER OR WANT OF ROOM SCIENCE DULY APPLIED WOULD ENABLE THEM TO GET RID OF REFUSE TO MINIMISE IF NOT WHOLLY TO DESTROY ALL THE INCONVENIENCES WHICH AT PRESENT ATTEND THE USE OF ELABORATE MACHINERY SUCH AS SMOKE STENCH AND NOISE NOR WOULD THEY ENDURE THAT THE BUILDINGS IN WHICH THEY WORKED OR LIVED SHOULD BE UGLY BLOTS ON THE FAIR FACE OF THE EARTH BEGINNING BY MAKING THEIR FACTORIES BUILDINGS AND SHEDS DECENT AND CONVENIENT LIKE THEIR HOMES THEY WOULD INFALLIBLY GO ON TO MAKE THEM NOT MERELY NEGATIVELY GOOD INOFFENSIVE MERELY BUT EVEN BEAUTIFUL SO THAT THE GLORIOUS ART OF ARCHITECTURE NOW FOR SOME TIME SLAIN BY COMMERCIAL GREED WOULD BE BORN AGAIN AND FLOURISH SO YOU SEE I CLAIM THAT WORK IN A DULY ORDERED COMMUNITY SHOULD BE MADE ATTRACTIVE BY THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF USEFULNESS BY ITS BEING CARRIED ON WITH INTELLIGENT INTEREST BY VARIETY AND BY ITS BEING EXERCISED AMIDST PLEASURABLE SURROUNDINGS BUT I HAVE ALSO CLAIMED AS WE ALL DO THAT THE DAY'S WORK SHOULD NOT BE WEARISOMELY LONG
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