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They would soon find out that the less work they did (the less work unaccompanied by art, I 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. THEY WOULD SOON FIND OUT THAT THE LESS WORK THEY DID THE LESS WORK UNACCOMPANIED BY ART I 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
will go on long enough to reach such depths as that; and yet I should be hypocritical if I were to say that I thought that the change in the basis of society, which would enfranchise labour and make men practically equal in condition, would lead us by a short road to the splendid new birth of art which I have mentioned, though I feel quite certain that it would not leave what we now call art untouched, since the aims of that revolution do include the aims of art—viz., abolishing the curse of labour. I suppose that this is what is likely to happen; that machinery will go on developing, with the purpose of saving men labour, till the mass of the people attain real leisure enough to be able to appreciate the pleasure of life; till, in fact, they have attained such mastery over Nature that they no longer fear starvation as a penalty for not working more than enough. When they get to that point they will doubtless turn themselves and begin to find out what it is that they really want to do. DO NOT THINK IT WILL GO ON LONG ENOUGH TO REACH SUCH DEPTHS AS THAT AND YET I WOULD BE HYPOCRITICAL IF I WERE TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE CHANGE IN THE BASIS OF SOCIETY WHICH WOULD ENFRANCH US LABOUR AND MAKE MEN PRACTICALLY EQUAL IN CONDITION WOULD LEAD US BY A SHORT ROAD TO THE SPLENDID NEW BIRTH OF ART WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED THOUGH I FEEL QUITE CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD NOT LEAVE WHAT WE NOW CALL A ART UNTOUCHED SINCE THE AIMS OF THAT REVOLUTION DO INCLUDE THE AIMS OF ART VIZ ABOLISHING THE CURSE OF LABOUR I SUPPOSE THAT THIS IS WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN THAT MACHINERY WILL GO ON DEVELOPING WITH THE PURPOSE OF SAVING MEN LABOR TILL THE MASS OF THE PEOPLE ATTAIN REAL LEISURE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE PLEASURE OF LIFE TILL IN FACT THEY HAVE ATTAINED SUCH MASTERY OVER NATURE THAT THEY NO LONGER FEAR STARVATION AS A PENALTY FOR NOT WORKING MORE THAN ENOUGH WHEN THEY GET TO THAT POINT THEY WILL DOUBTLESS TURN THEMSELVES AND BEGIN TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO
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