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The complete feudalism of the fourteenth century fell, as systems always fall, by its own corruption, and by development of the innate seeds of change, some of which indeed had lain asleep during centuries, to wake up into activity long after the events which had created them were forgotten. THE COMPLETE FEUDALISM OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY FELL AS SYSTEMS ALWAYS FALL BY ITS OWN CORRUPTION AND BY DEVELOPMENT OF THE INNATE SEEDS OF CHANGE SOME OF WHICH INDEED HAD LAIN ASLEEP DURING CENTURIES TO WAKE UP INTO ACTIVITY LONG AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH HAD CREATED THEM WERE FORGOTTEN
s oppression. But I must leave what more I have to say on this subject of the art and literature of the fourteenth century for another occasion. In what I have just said, I only wanted to point out to you that the Middle Ages had by this time come to the fullest growth; and that they could express in a form which was all their own, the ideas and life of the time. That time was in a sense brilliant and progressive, and the life of the worker in it was better than it ever had been, and might compare with advantage with what it became in after periods and with what it is now; and indeed, looking back upon it, there are some minds and some moods that cannot help regretting it, and are not particularly scared by the idea of its violence and its lack of accurate knowledge of scientific detail. However, one thing is clear to us now, the kind of thing which never is clear to most people living in such periods—namely, that whatever it was, it could not last, but must change into something else. WARD FOR THE WORKMAN'S OPPRESSION BUT I MUST LEAVE WHAT MORE I HAVE TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT OF THE ART AND LITERATURE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY FOR ANOTHER OCCASION IN WHAT I HAVE JUST SAID I ONLY WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE MIDDLE AGES HAD BY THIS TIME COME TO THE FULLEST GROWTH AND THAT THEY COULD EXPRESS IN A FORM WHICH WAS ALL THEIR OWN THE IDEAS AND LIFE OF THE TIME THAT TIME WAS IN A SENSE BRILLIANT AND PROGRESSIVE AND THE LIFE OF THE WORK IN IT WAS BETTER THAN IT EVER HAD BEEN AND MIGHT COMPARE WITH ADVANTAGE WITH WHAT IT BECAME IN AFTER PERIODS AND WITH WHAT IT IS NOW AND INDEED LOOKING BACK UPON IT THERE ARE SOME MINDS AND SOME MOODS THAT CANNOT HELP REGRETTING IT AND ARE NOT PARTICULARLY SCARED BY THE IDEA OF ITS VIOLENCE AND ITS LACK OF ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENTIFIC DETAIL HOWEVER ONE THING IS CLEAR TO US NOW THE KIND OF THING WHICH NEVER IS CLEAR TO MOST PEOPLE LIVING IN SUCH PERIODS NAMELY THAT WHATEVER IT WAS IT COULD NOT LAST BUT MUST CHANGE INTO SOMETHING ELSE
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