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were given�察�evil passions�察�now dormant�察�would awake�此�other men would 

immediately covet praise�察�then would arise envy�察�and with envy hate�察�and 

with hate calumny and persecution。               Our history tells us that most of the 

poets and most of the writers who�察�in the old time�察�were favoured with the 



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greatest praise�察�were also assailed by the greatest vituperation�察�and even�察�

on the   whole�察�87rendered very  unhappy�察 �partly  by  the   attacks   of   jealous 

rivals�察   �partly   by  the   diseased     mental    constitution    which     an  acquired 

sensitiveness      to  praise   and    to  blame    tends   to  engender。      As    for  the 

stimulus of want�察�in the first place�察�no man in our community knows the 

goad of poverty�察�and�察�secondly�察�if he did�察�almost every occupation would 

be more lucrative than writing。 

     ;Our public libraries contain all the books of the past which time has 

preserved�察�those books�察�for the reasons above stated�察�are infinitely better 

than any can write nowadays�察�and they are open to all to read without cost。 

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books�察�when we can 

read superior books for nothing。; 

     ;With   us�察  �novelty   has   an   attraction�察  �and   a   new   book�察  �if   bad�察  �is   read 

when an old book�察�though good�察�is neglected。; 

     ;Novelty�察    �to   barbarous     states  of   society   struggling     in  despair    for 

something better�察�has no doubt an attraction�察�denied to us�察�who see nothing 

to gain in novelties�察�but after all�察�it is observed by one of our great authors 

four thousand years ago�察�that 'he who studies old books will always find in 

them   something   new�察  �and   he   who   reads   new   books   will   always   find   in 

them something old。' But to return to the question you have raised�察�there 

being then amongst us no stimulus to painstaking labour�察�whether in desire 

of fame or in pressure of want�察�such as have the poetic temperament�察�no 

doubt vent it in song�察�as you say the bird sings�察�but for lack of elaborate 

culture it fails of an audience�察�and�察�failing of an audience�察�dies out�察�of itself�察�

amidst the ordinary avocations of life。; 

     ;But     how    is  it  that  these    discouragements       to   the  cultivation     of 

literature do not operate against that of science�拭─�

     ;Your question amazes me。            The motive to science is the love of truth 

apart from all consideration of fame�察�and science with us too is devoted 

almost solely to practical uses�察�essential to our social conversation and the 

comforts of our daily life。         No 88fame is asked by the inventor�察�and none 

is   given   to   him�察  �he   enjoys   an   occupation   congenial   to   his   tastes�察  �and 

needing no   wear   and tear of   the passions。          Man must   have   exercise   for 

his mind as well as body�察�and continuous exercise�察�rather than violent�察�is 



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best for both。      Our most ingenious cultivators of science are�察�as a general 

rule�察  �the   longest   lived   and   the   most   free   from   disease。   Painting   is   an 

amusement to many�察�but the art is not what it was in former times�察�when 

the great painters in our various communities vied with each other for the 

prize of a golden crown�察�which gave them a social rank equal to that of the 

kings under whom they lived。              You will thus doubtless have observed in 

our   archaeological   department   how   superior   in   point   of   art   the   pictures 

were     several   thousand     years   ago。    Perhaps      it  is  because   music    is�察 �in 

reality�察   �more    allied   to  science    than    it  is  to  poetry�察  �that�察  �of  all  the 

pleasurable      arts�察 �music    is  that  which    flourishes    the   most   amongst      us。 

Still�察�even in music the absence of stimulus in praise or fame has served to 

prevent any great superiority of one individual over another�察�and we rather 

excel in choral music�察�with the aid of our vast mechanical instruments�察�in 

which      we   make     great   use   of   the   agency    of   water��*    than   in   single 

performers。;       *   This   may   remind   the   student   of   Nero's   invention   of   a 

musical   machine�察  �by   which   water   was   made   to   perform   the   part   of   an 

orchestra�察  �and   on   which   he   was   employed   when   the   conspiracy   against 

him broke out。 

     ;We   have   had   scarcely   any   original   composer   for   some   ages。         Our 

favorite     airs  are   very   ancient    in  substance�察    �but   have    admitted    many 

complicated variations by inferior�察�though ingenious�察�musicians。; 

     ;Are there no political societies among the Ana which are animated by 

those passions�察�subjected to those crimes�察�and admitting those disparities 

in condition�察�in intellect�察�and in morality�察�which the state of your tribe�察�or 

indeed of the Vril´ya generally�察�has left behind in its progress to perfection�拭�

If so�察�among such societies perhaps Poetry and her sister arts still continue 

to be honoured and to improve�拭─�89 ;There are such societies in remote 

regions�察    �but    we    do   not   admit     them     within    the   pale    of   civilised 

communities�察�we scarcely even give them the name of Ana�察�and certainly 

not that of Vril´ya。       They are savages�察�living chiefly in that low stage of 

being�察�Koom´Posh�察�tending necessarily to its own hideous dissolution in 

Glek´Nas。       Their   wretched   existence   is   passed   in   perpetual   contest   and 

perpetual   change。       When   they   do   not   fight   with   their   neighbours�察  �they 

fight   among   themselves。         They   are   divided   into   sections�察  �which   abuse�察�



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plunder�察  �and   sometimes   murder   each   other�察  �and   on   the   most   frivolous 

points of difference that would be unintelligible to us if we had not read 

history�察�and seen that we too have passed through the same early state of 

ignorance and barbarism。            Any trifle is sufficient to set them together by 

the ears。     They pretend to be all equals�察�and the more they have struggled 

to   be   so�察 �by   removing      old  distinctions�察   �and    starting   afresh�察  �the  more 

glaring     and    intolerable     the   disparity     becomes�察     �because     nothing     in 

hereditary      affections    and   associations     is  left  to  soften   the   one   naked 

distinction   between   the   many   who   have   nothing   and   the   few   who   have 

much。      Of course the many hate the few�察�but without the few they could 

not    live。   The     many     are   always     assailing    the  few�察   �sometimes      they 

exterminate the few�察�but as soon as they have done so�察�a new few starts out 

of   the   many�察  �and   is   harder   to   deal   with   than   the   old   few。 For   where 

societies are large�察�and competition to have something is the predominant 

fever�察�there must be always many losers and few gainers。                      In short�察�they 

are   savages   groping   their   way  in   the   dark   towards   some   gleam  of   light�察�

and   would   demand   our   commiseration   for   their   infirmities�察  �if�察  �like   all 

savages�察�they did not provoke their own destruction by their arrogance and 

cruelty。     Can   you   imagine   that   creatures   of   this   kind�察  �armed   only   with 

such   miserable   weapons   as   you   may   see   in   our   museum   of   antiquities�察�

clumsy iron tubes charged with saltpetre�察�have more than once threatened 

with   destruction   a   tribe   of   the   90Vril´ya��

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