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change somewhat the simile�察�they scented out a wordan earlyish word�察�

by preferenceran it to earth�察�unearthed it�察�dug it out�察�and killed it。                   And 

then   their   followers   bagged   it。       The   very   word   that   lives�察  �'new   every 

morning��'   miraculously   new�察  �in   the   literature   of   a   man   of   letters�察  �they 

killed   and   put   into   their   bag。    And�察  �in   like   manner�察  �the   emotion   that 

should   have   caused   the   word is dead   for  those�察 �and   for  those  only�察  �who 



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abuse     its  expression。      For    the   maker    of   a  portable    vocabulary   is     not 

content      to  turn   his   words     up    there�此  �he   turns    up   his   feelings    also�察�

alphabetically or otherwise。 Wonderful how much sensibility is at hand in 

such round words as the New Literature loves。                    Do you want a generous 

emotion�拭      �Pull   forth   the   little   language。   Find   out   moonshine�察  �find   out 

moonshine� �

     Take�察�as an instance�察�Mr。 Swinburne's 'hell。'               There is�察�I fear�察�no doubt 

whatever that Mr。 Swinburne has put his 'hell' into a vocabulary�察�with the 

inevitable   consequences   to   the   word。         And   when   the   minor   men   of   his 

school   have   occasion   for   a   'hell'   ��which   may   very   well   happen   to   any 

young man practising authorship���察�I must not be accused of phantasy if I 

say that they put their hands into Mr。 Swinburne's vocabulary and pick it。 

These vocabularies are made out of vigorous and blunt language。                          'What 

hempen        homespuns        have     we    swaggering        here��'     Alas�察     �they    are 

homespuns         from    the    factory�察   �machine´made         in   uncostly     quantities。 

Obviously�察�power needs to make use of no such storage。                      The property of 

power is to use phrases�察�whether strange or familiar�察�as though it created 

them。     But even more than lack of power is lack of humour the cause of 

all the rankness and the staleness�察�of all the Anglo´Saxon of commerce�察�of 

all   the   weary    'quaintness'that      quaintness     of   which     one   is  moved     to 

exclaim   with   Cassio�此       �'Hither   comes   the   bauble��'       Lack   of   a   sense   of 

humour   betrays   a   man   into   that   perpetual   too´much   whereby   he   tries   to 

make   amends   for   a   currency   debased。          No   more   than   any   other   can   a 

witty     writer   dispense     with    a  sense    of   humour。      In    his  moments       of 

sentiment   the   lack   is   distressing�察  �in   his   moments   of   wit   it   is   at   least 

perceptible。       A   sense   of   humour   cannot   be   always   present�察  �it   may   be 

urged。      Why�察�no�察�it is the lack of it that isimportunate。 Other absences�察�

such   as   the   absence   of passion�察  �the   absence   of delicacy�察  �are�察  �if   grievous 

negatives�察�still mere negatives。            These qualities may or may not be there 

at   call�察  �ready   for   a   summons�察  �we   are   not   obliged   to   know�察  �we   are   not 

momentarily aware�察�unless they ought to be in action�察�whether their action 

is   possible。    But   want   of   power   and   want   of   a   sense   of   the   ridiculous�此�

these are lacks wherefrom there is no escaping�察�deficiencies that are all´ 

influential�察     �defects    that    assert   themselves�察      �vacancies      that   proclaim 



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themselves�察�absences from the presence whereof there is no flying�察�what 

other   paradoxes   can   I   adventure�拭     �Without   powerno   style。   Without   a 

possible humour��no style。          The weakling has no confidence in himself 

to keep him from grasping at words that he fancies hold within them the 

true passions of the race�察�ready for the uses of his egoism。                  And with a 

sense of humour a man will not steal from a shelf the precious treasure of 

the language and put it in his pocket。 



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                                      PATHOS 



     A   fugitive   writer   wrote   but   lately   on   the   fugitive   page   of   a   minor 

magazine�此      �'For our part�察�the drunken tinker ��Christopher Sly�А�is the most 

real personage of the piece�察�and not without some hints of the pathos that 

is   worked     out   more    fully�察 �though     by   different   ways�察   �in  Bottom     and 

Malvolio。'      Has     it  indeed   come    to   this�拭  �Have     the  Zeitgeist    and   the 

Weltschmerz and the other things compared to which 'le spleen' was gay�察�

done so much for us�拭         �Is there to be no laughter left in literature free from 

the   preoccupation   of   a   sham   real´life�拭    �So   it   would   seem。    Even   what 

the great master has not shown us in his work�察�that your critic convinced 

of   pathos   is   resolved   to   see   in   it。 By   the   penetration   of   his   intrusive 

sympathy he will come at it。            It is of little use now to explain Snug the 

joiner to the audience�此       �why�察�it is precisely Snug who stirs their emotions 

so painfully。      Not the lion�察�they can see through that�此�but the Snug within�察�

the human Snug。          And Master Shallow has the Weltschmerz in that latent 

form which is the more appealing�察�and discouraging questions arise as to 

the end   of   old   Double�察  �and Argan   in his nightcap   is the   tragic   figure   of 

Monomania�察�and human nature shudders at the petrifaction of the intellect 

of Mr。 F。's aunt。      Et patati�察�et patata。 

     It may be only too true that the actual world is 'with pathos delicately 

edged。'     For Malvolio living we should have had living sympathies�此                     �so 

much      aspiration�察   �so  ill´educated     a  love   of  refinement�察    �so   unarmed     a 

credulity�察    �noblest     of   weaknesses�察      �betrayed     for   the    laughter    of    a 

chambermaid。          By    an   actual   Bottom     the   Weaver     our   pity   might    be 

reached   for   the   sake   of   his   single   self´reliance�察  �his   fancy   and   resource 

condemned         to   burlesque      and    ignominy      by    the   niggard     doom     of 

circumstance。        But is not life one thing and is not art another�拭             �Is it not 

the   privilege   of   literature   to   make   selection   and   to   treat   things   singly�察�

without the  after´thoughts   of life�察 �without   the  troublous   completeness   of 

the   many´sided   world�拭  �Is   not   Shakespeare�察  �for   this   reason�察  �our   refuge�拭�

Fortunately unreal is his world when he will have it so�察�and there we may 

laugh   with   open   heart   at   a   grotesque   man�此   �without   misgiving�察  �without 



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remorse�察�without reluctance。          If great creating Nature has not assumed for 

herself   she   has   assuredly   secured   to   the   great   creating   poet   the   right   of 

partiality�察  �of   limitation�察  �of   setting   aside   and   leaving   out�察  �of   taking   one 

impression and one emotion as sufficient for the day。                Art and Nature are 

separate�察�complementary�察�in relation�察�not in confusion�察�with one another。 

And all this officious cleverness in seeing round the corner�察�as it were�察�of a 

thing presented by literary art in the flat��the borrowing of similes from 

other arts is of evil tendency�察�but let this pass�察�as it is apt��is but another 

sign of the general lack of a sense of the separation between Nature and 

the    sentient   mirror    in   the  mind。     In    some    of   his   persons�察   �indeed�察�

Shakespeare is as Nature herself�察�all´inclusive�察�but in othersand chiefly 

in comedyhe is partial�察�he is impressionary�察�he refuses to know what is 

not to his purpose�察�he is an artist。         And in that gay�察�wilful world it is that 

he gives usor used to give us�察�for even the world is obsoletethe pleasure 

of OUBLIANCE。 

     Now this fugitive writer has not been so swift but that I have caught 

him a clout as he went。           Yet he will do it again�察�and those like´minded 

will assuredly also continue to show how much more completely human�察�

how much more sensitive�察�how much more responsible�察�is the art of the 

critic than the world has ever dreamt till now。             And�察�superior in so much�察�

they will still count   their superior weeping as   the choicest of their gifts。 

And   Lepidus�察  �who
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