large/6138/signsofchange_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/signsofchange_02_morris_64kb_2
large/6138/signsofchange_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/signsofchange_02_morris_64kb
English
6138
Then would come the time for the new birth of art, so much talked of, so long deferred; people could not help showing their mirth and pleasure in their work, and would be always wishing to express it in a tangible and more or less enduring form, and the workshop would once more be a school of art, whose influence no one could escape from. THEN WOULD COME THE TIME FOR THE NEW BIRTH OF ART SO MUCH TALKED OF SO LONG DEFERRED PEOPLE COULD NOT HELP SHOWING THEIR MIRTH AND PLEASURE IN THEIR WORK AND WOULD BE ALWAYS WISHING TO EXPRESS IT IN A TANGIBLE AND MORE OR LESS ENDURING FORM AND THE WORKSHOP WOULD ONCE MORE BE A SCHOOL OF ART WHOSE INFLUENCE NO ONE COULD ESCAPE FROM
ake for my work is that the places I worked in, factories or workshops, should be pleasant, just as the fields where our most necessary work is done are pleasant. Believe me there is nothing in the world to prevent this being done, save the necessity of making profits on all wares; in other words, the wares are cheapened at the expense of people being forced to work in crowded, unwholesome, squalid, noisy dens: that is to say, they are cheapened at the expense of the workman’s life. Well, so much for my claims as to my _necessary_ work, my tribute to the community. I believe people would find, as they advanced in their capacity for carrying on social order, that life so lived was much less expensive than we now can have any idea of; and that, after a little, people would rather be anxious to seek work than to avoid it; that our working hours would rather be merry parties of men and maids, young men and old enjoying themselves over their work, than the grumpy weariness it mostly is now. E WILL THE LAST CLAIM I MAKE FOR MY WORK IS THAT THE PLACES I WORKED IN FACTORIES OR WORKSHOPS SHOULD BE PLEASANT JUST AS THE FIELDS WHERE OUR MOST NECESSARY WORK IS DONE ARE PLEASANT BELIEVE ME THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD TO PREVENT THIS BEING DONE SAVE THE NECESSITY OF MAKING PROFITS ON ALL WARES IN OTHER WORDS THE WARES ARE CHEAPENED AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO WORK IN CROWDED UNWHOLESOME SQUALID NOISY DENS THAT IS TO SAY THEY ARE CHEAPENED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WORKMEN'S LIFE WELL SO MUCH FOR MY CLAIMS AS TO MY NECESSARY WORK MY ATTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY I BELIEVE PEOPLE WOULD FIND AS THEY ADVANCED IN THEIR CAPACITY FOR CARRYING ON SOCIAL ORDER THAT LIFE SO LIVED WAS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WE CAN NOW HAVE ANY IDEA OF AND THAT AFTER A LITTLE PEOPLE WOULD RATHER BE ANXIOUS TO SEEK WORK THAN TO AVOID IT THAT OUR WORKING HOURS WOULD RATHER BE MERRY PARTIES OF MEN AND MAIDS YOUNG MEN AND OLD ENJOYING THEMSELVES OVER THEIR WORK THAN THE GRUMPY WEARINESS IT MOSTLY IS NOW
large/6138/signsofchange_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/signsofchange_02_morris_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/6138/signsofchange_1209_librivox_64kb_mp3/signsofchange_02_morris_64kb.flac