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transform into a spiritual experience。  There is not a single 

degradation of the body which I must not try and make into a 

spiritualising of the soul。



I want to get to the point when I shall be able to say quite 

simply�察�and without affectation that the two great turning´points 

in my life were when my father sent me to Oxford�察�and when society 

sent me to prison。  I will not say that prison is the best thing 

that could have happened to me�此 �for that phrase would savour of 

too great bitterness towards myself。  I would sooner say�察�or hear 

it said of me�察�that I was so typical a child of my age�察�that in my 

perversity�察�and for that perversity's sake�察�I turned the good 

things of my life to evil�察�and the evil things of my life to good。



What is said�察�however�察�by myself or by others�察�matters little。  The 

important thing�察�the thing that lies before me�察�the thing that I 

have to do�察�if the brief remainder of my days is not to be maimed�察�

marred�察�and incomplete�察�is to absorb into my nature all that has 

been done to me�察�to make it part of me�察�to accept it without 

complaint�察�fear�察�or reluctance。  The supreme vice is shallowness。  

Whatever is realised is right。



When first I was put into prison some people advised me to try and 

forget who I was。  It was ruinous advice。  It is only by realising 

what I am that I have found comfort of any kind。  Now I am advised 

by others to try on my release to forget that I have ever been in a 

prison at all。  I know that would be equally fatal。  It would mean 

that I would always be haunted by an intolerable sense of disgrace�察�

and that those things that are meant for me as much as for anybody 

else ´ the beauty of the sun and moon�察�the pageant of the seasons�察�

the music of daybreak and the silence of great nights�察�the rain 

falling through the leaves�察�or the dew creeping over the grass and 

making it silver ´ would all be tainted for me�察�and lose their 

healing power�察�and their power of communicating joy。  To regret 

one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development。  To deny 

one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own 

life。  It is no less than a denial of the soul。



For just as the body absorbs things of all kinds�察�things common and 

unclean no less than those that the priest or a vision has 

cleansed�察�and converts them into swiftness or strength�察�into the 

play of beautiful muscles and the moulding of fair flesh�察�into the 

curves and colours of the hair�察�the lips�察�the eye�察�so the soul in 

its turn has its nutritive functions also�察�and can transform into 

noble moods of thought and passions of high import what in itself 

is base�察�cruel and degrading�察�nay�察�more�察�may find in these its most 

august modes of assertion�察�and can often reveal itself most 

perfectly through what was intended to desecrate or destroy。



The fact of my having been the common prisoner of a common gaol I 

must frankly accept�察�and�察�curious as it may seem�察�one of the things 

I shall have to teach myself is not to be ashamed of it。  I must 

accept it as a punishment�察�and if one is ashamed of having been 

punished�察�one might just as well never have been punished at all。  

Of course there are many things of which I was convicted that I had 

not done�察�but then there are many things of which I was convicted 

that I had done�察�and a still greater number of things in my life 

for which I was never indicted at all。  And as the gods are 

strange�察�and punish us for what is good and humane in us as much as 

for what is evil and perverse�察�I must accept the fact that one is 

punished for the good as well as for the evil that one does。  I 

have no doubt that it is quite right one should be。  It helps one�察�

or should help one�察�to realise both�察�and not to be too conceited 

about either。  And if I then am not ashamed of my punishment�察�as I 

hope not to be�察�I shall be able to think�察�and walk�察�and live with 

freedom。



Many men on their release carry their prison about with them into 

the air�察�and hide it as a secret disgrace in their hearts�察�and at 

length�察�like poor poisoned things�察�creep into some hole and die。  

It is wretched that they should have to do so�察�and it is wrong�察�

terribly wrong�察�of society that it should force them to do so。  

Society takes upon itself the right to inflict appalling punishment 

on the individual�察�but it also has the supreme vice of shallowness�察�

and fails to realise what it has done。  When the man's punishment 

is over�察�it leaves him to himself�察�that is to say�察�it abandons him 

at the very moment when its highest duty towards him begins。  It is 

really ashamed of its own actions�察�and shuns those whom it has 

punished�察�as people shun a creditor whose debt they cannot pay�察�or 

one on whom they have inflicted an irreparable�察�an irremediable 

wrong。  I can claim on my side that if I realise what I have 

suffered�察�society should realise what it has inflicted on me�察�and 

that there should be no bitterness or hate on either side。



Of course I know that from one point of view things will be made 

different for me than for others�察�must indeed�察�by the very nature 

of the case�察�be made so。  The poor thieves and outcasts who are 

imprisoned here with me are in many respects more fortunate than I 

am。  The little way in grey city or green field that saw their sin 

is small�察�to find those who know nothing of what they have done 

they need go no further than a bird might fly between the twilight 

and the dawn�察�but for me the world is shrivelled to a handsbreadth�察�

and everywhere I turn my name is written on the rocks in lead。  For 

I have come�察�not from obscurity into the momentary notoriety of 

crime�察�but from a sort of eternity of fame to a sort of eternity of 

infamy�察�and sometimes seem to myself to have shown�察�if indeed it 

required showing�察�that between the famous and the infamous there is 

but one step�察�if as much as one。



Still�察�in the very fact that people will recognise me wherever I 

go�察�and know all about my life�察�as far as its follies go�察�I can 

discern something good for me。  It will force on me the necessity 

of again asserting myself as an artist�察�and as soon as I possibly 

can。  If I can produce only one beautiful work of art I shall be 

able to rob malice of its venom�察�and cowardice of its sneer�察�and to 

pluck out the tongue of scorn by the roots。



And if life be�察�as it surely is�察�a problem to me�察�I am no less a 

problem to life。  People must adopt some attitude towards me�察�and 

so pass judgment�察�both on themselves and me。  I need not say I am 

not talking of particular individuals。  The only people I would 

care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered�此 �

those who know what beauty is�察�and those who know what sorrow is�此 �

nobody else interests me。  Nor am I making any demands on life。  In 

all that I have said I am simply concerned with my own mental 

attitude towards life as a whole�察�and I feel that not to be ashamed 

of having been punished is one of the first points I must attain 

to�察�for the sake of my own perfection�察�and because I am so 

imperfect。



Then I must learn how to be happy。  Once I knew it�察�or thought I 

knew it�察�by instinct。  It was always springtime once in my heart。  

My temperament was akin to joy。  I filled my life to the very brim 

with pleasure�察�as one might fill a cup to the very brim with wine。  

Now I am approaching life from a completely new standpoint�察�and 

even to conceive happiness is often extremely difficult for me。  I 

remember during my first term at Oxford reading in Pater's 

RENAISSANCE ´ that book which has had such strange influence over 

my life ´ how Dante places low in the Inferno those who wilfully 

live in sadness�察�and going to the college library and turning to 

the passage in the DIVINE COMEDY where beneath the dreary marsh lie 

those who were 'sullen in the sweet air��' saying for ever and ever 

through their sighs ´





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