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chastity of letters and in the honour of lifethat I was bound to love。                Not 



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the things of   one   character only�察  �but   excellent   things of   every  character。 

There was no tyranny in such a method。                   His idleness justified itself by 

the   liberality   it   permitted   to   his   taste。 Never   having   made   his   love   of 

letters    further    a  secondary      purpose�察    �never    having     bound     the   literary 

geniusthat delicate Arielto any kind of servitude�察�never having so much 

as permitted himself a prejudice whereby some of his delights should be 

stinted while others were indulged beyond the sanctions of modest reason�察�

he barely tolerated his own preferences�察�which lay somewhat on the hither 

side    of   full  effectiveness      of   style。   These      the   range    of   his  reading 

confessed by certain exclusions。              Nevertheless it was not of deficiencies 

that    he  was    patient�此   �he    did   but  respect    the   power    of   pause�察  �and    he 

disliked violence chiefly because violence is apt to confess its own limits。 

Perhaps�察�indeed�察�his own fine negatives made him only the more sensible 

of    any    lack   of   those    literary   qualities    that   are   bound     in  their   full 

complement to hold themselves at the disposal of the consummate author 

to stand and wait�察�if they may do no more。 

     Men   said   that   he   led   a   DILETTANTE   life。          They   reproached   him 

with     the  selflessness     that  made     him   somewhat       languid。     Others�察    �they 

seemed   to   aver�察  �were   amateurs   at   this   art   or   that�察  �he   was   an   amateur   at 

living。     So   it   was�察  �in   the   sense  that   he   never   grasped   at   happiness�察  �and 

that many of the things he had held slipped from his disinterested hands。 

So it was�察�too�察�in this unintended sense�察�he loved life。                How should he not 

have   loved   a life  that   his living   made   honourable�拭         �How  should   he not 

have   loved   all   arts�察  �in   which   his   choice   was   delicate�察  �liberal�察  �instructed�察�

studious�察  �docile�察  �austere�拭      �An   amateur   man   he   might   have   been   called�察�

too�察�because he was not discomposed by his own experiences�察�or shaken 

by the discovery which life brings to us´that the negative quality of which 

Buddhism seems to accuse all good is partaken by our happiness。                         He had 

always      prayed    temperate      prayers    and   harboured      probable     wishes。    His 

sensibility was extreme�察�but his thought was generalised。                      When he had 

joy he tempered it not in the common way by meditation upon the general 

sorrow   but   by   a   recollection   of   the   general   pleasure。   It   was   his   finest 

distinction to desire no differences�察�no remembrance�察�but loss among the 

innumerable   forgotten。          And   when   he   suffered�察  �it   was   with   so   quick   a 



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nerve and yet so wide an apprehension that the race seemed to suffer in 

him。     He pitied not himself so tenderly as mankind�察�of whose capacity for 

pain   he   was   then   feelingly   persuaded。     His   darkening   eyes   said   in   the 

extreme hour�此      �'I have compassion on the multitude。' 



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                                     THE SUN 



     Nowhere   else   does   the   greater   light   so   rule   the   day�察  �so   measure�察  �so 

divide�察�so reign�察�make so imperial laws�察�so visibly kindle�察�so immediately 

quicken�察�so suddenly efface�察�so banish�察�so restore�察�as in a plain like this of 

Suffolk with its enormous sky。             The curious have an insufficient motive 

for going to the mountains if they do it to see the sunrise。                  The sun that 

leaps   from   a   mountain   peak   is   a   sun   past   the   dew   of   his   birth�察  �he   has 

walked   some   way   towards   the   common   fires   of   noon。         But   on   the   flat 

country the uprising is early and fresh�察�the arc is wide�察�the career is long。 

The   most   distant   clouds�察  �converging   in   the   beautiful   and   little´studied 

order of cloud´perspective ��for most painters treat clouds as though they 

formed perpendicular and not horizontal scenery���察�are those that gather at 

the    central   point   of   sunrise。    On    the   plain�察  �and   there   only�察  �can   the 

constructionbut   that   is   too   little   vital   a   word�察  �I   should   rather   say   the 

organismthe unity�察�the design�察�of a sky be understood。                   The light wind 

that has been moving all night is seen to have not worked at random。                        It 

has    shepherded      some    small   flocks    of  cloud    afield   and   folded   others。 

There's husbandry in Heaven。 And the order has�察�or seems to have�察�the sun 

for its midst。      Not a line�察�not a curve�察�but confesses its membership in a 

design declared from horizon to horizon。 

     To see the system of a sky in fragments is to miss what I learn to look 

for  in   all   achieved   works   of   Nature  and   art�此  �the  organism  that is   unity 

and life。     It is the unity and life of painting。        The Early Victorian picture´ 

´��the    school    is  still  in  full  career�察  �but   essentially    it  belongs    to  that 

triumphal period��is but a dull sum of things put together�察�in concourse�察�

not in relation�察�but the true picture is ONE�察�however multitudinous it may 

be�察  �for   it  is  composed     of   relations   gathered     together   in   the  unity   of 

perception�察�of intention�察�and of light。          It is organic。     Moreover�察�how truly 

relation is the condition of life may be understood from the extinct state of 

the English stage�察�which resembles nothing so much as a Royal Academy 

picture。     Even though the actors may be added together with something 

like vivacity ��though that is rare���察�they have no vitality in common。                   They 



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are not members one of another。              If the Church and Stage Guild be still in 

existence�察�it would do much for the art by teaching that Scriptural maxim。 

I think�察�furthermore�察�that the life of our bodies has never been defined so 

suggestively  as   by  one   who   named   it   a   living   relation   of   lifeless   atoms。 

Could the value of relation be more curiously set forth�拭                    �And one might 

penetrate some way towards a consideration of the vascular organism of a 

true   literary   style   in   which   there   is   a   vital   relation   of   otherwise   lifeless 

word with word。          And wherein lies the progress of architecture from the 

stupidity of the pyramid and the dead weight of the Cyclopean wall to the 

spring   and   the   flight   of   the   ogival   arch�察 �but   in   a   quasi´organic   relation�拭�

But the way of such thoughts might be intricate�察�and the sun rules me to 

simplicity。 

     He reigns as centrally in the blue sky as in the clouds。                   One October 

of late had days absolutely cloudless。              I should not have certainly known 

it   had    there   been    a  hill   in  sight。    The     gradations      of   the  blue    are 

incalculable�察  �infinite�察  �and   they   deepen   from   the   central   fire。      As   to   the 

earthly scenery�察�there are but two 'views' on the plain�察�for the aspect of the 

light is the whole landscape。 To look with the sun or against the sunthis 

is   the   alternative   splendour。      To   look   with   the   sun   is   to   face   a   golden 

country�察�shadowless�察�serene�察�noble and strong in light�察�with a certain lack 

of relief that suggeststo those who dream of landscapethe country of a 

dream。      The serried pines�察�and the lighted fields�察�and the golden ricks of 

the farms are dyed with the sun as one might paint with a colour。                        Bright 

as it is�察�the glow is rather the dye of sunlight than its luminosity。                 For by a 

kind of paradox the luminous landscape is that which is full of shadows 

the landscape before you when you turn and face the sun。                     Not only every 

reed and   rush   of the salt   marshes�察 �every  uncertain   aspen´leaf   of the   few 

trees�察�but every particle of the October air shows a shadow and makes a 

mystery   of   the   light。     There   is   nothing   but   shadow   and   sun�察�
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