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I mean that, if we _could_ be contented in a free community to work in the same hurried, dirty, disorderly, heartless way as we do now, we might shorten our day's labour very much more than I suppose we shall do, taking all kinds of labour into account. But if we did, it would mean that our new won freedom of condition would leave us listless and wretched, if not anxious, as we are now, which I hold is simply impossible. I MEAN THAT IF WE COULD BE CONTENTED IN A FREE COMMUNITY TO WORK IN THE SAME HURRIED DIRTY DISORDERLY HEARTLESS WAY AS WE DO NOW WE MIGHT SHORTEN OUR DAYS LABOUR VERY MUCH MORE THAN I SUPPOSE WE SHALL DO TAKING ALL KINDS OF LABOUR INTO ACCOUNT BUT IF WE DID IT WOULD MEAN THAT OUR NEW WON FREEDOM OF CONDITION WOULD LEAVE US LISTLESS AND WRETCHED IF NOT ANXIOUS AS WE ARE NOW WHICH I HOLD IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE
hich 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. 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?” I do admit, as I have said before, that some sacrifice will be necessary in order to make labour attractive. NDURE 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 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 I DO ADMIT AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT SOME SACRIFICE WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE LABOR ATTRACTIVE
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