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All will get lower and lower, till the heroic struggles of the past to realize hope from year to year, from century to century, will be utterly forgotten, and man will be an indescribable being—hopeless, desireless, lifeless. ALL WILL GET LOWER AND LOWER TILL THE HEROIC STRUGGLES OF THE PAST TO REALIZE HOPE FROM YEAR TO YEAR FROM CENTURY TO CENTURY WILL BE UTTERLY FORGOTTEN AND MAN WILL BE AN INDESCRIBABLE BEING HOPELESS DESIRELESS LIFELESS
ot strive against overwhelming force, but, stimulated by that love of life which Nature, always anxious about the perpetuation of the race, has implanted in us, will learn to bear everything—starvation, overwork, dirt, ignorance, brutality. All these things they will bear, as, alas! they bear them too well even now; all this rather than risk sweet life and bitter livelihood, and all sparks of hope and manliness will die out of them. Nor will their masters be much better off: the earth’s surface will be hideous everywhere, save in the uninhabitable desert; Art will utterly perish, as in the manual arts so in literature, which will become, as it is indeed speedily becoming, a mere string of orderly and calculated ineptitudes and passionless ingenuities; Science will grow more and more one-sided, more incomplete, more wordy and useless, till at last she will pile herself up into such a mass of superstition, that beside it the theologies of old time will seem mere reason and enlightenment. MORE DEGRADED THAT THEY WILL NOT STRIVE AGAINST OVERWHELMING FORCE BUT STIMULATED BY THAT LOVE OF LIFE WHICH NATURE ALWAYS ANXIOUS ABOUT THE PERPETUATION OF THE RACE HAS IMPLANTED IN US WILL LEARN TO BEAR EVERYTHING STARVATION OVERWORK DIRT IGNORANCE BRUTALITY ALL THESE THINGS THEY WILL BEAR AS ALAS THEY BEAR THEM TOO WELL EVEN NOW ALL THIS RATHER THAN RISK SWEET LIFE AND BITTER LIVELIHOOD AND ALL SPARKS OF HOPE AND MANLINESS WILL DIE OUT OF THEM NOR WILL THEIR MASTERS BE MUCH BETTER OFF THE EARTH'S SURFACE WILL BE HIDEOUS EVERYWHERE SAVE IN THE UNINHABITABLE DESERT ART WILL UTTERLY PERISH AS IN THE MANUAL ART SO IN LITERATURE WHICH WILL BECOME AS IT IS INDEED SPEEDILY BECOMING A MERE STRING OF ORDERLY AND CALCULATED INEPTITUDES AND PASSIONLESS INGENUITIES SCIENCE WILL GROW MORE AND MORE ONE SIDED MORE INCOMPLETE MORE WORDY AND USELESS TILL AT LAST SHE WILL PILE HERSELF UP INTO SUCH A MASS OF SUPERSTITION THAT BESIDE IT THE THEOLOGIES OF OLD TIME WILL SEEM MERE REASON AND ENLIGHTENMENT
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