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conduct�察�much help can be derived from printed books ��issued at sixpence 

each and upwards��。 I mentioned in my last chapter Marcus Aurelius and 



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Epictetus。 Certain even more widely known works will occur at once to 

the   memory。   I   may   also   mention   Pascal�察  �La   Bruyere�察  �and   Emerson。   For 

myself�察�you do not catch me travelling without my Marcus Aurelius。 Yes�察�

books are valuable。 But not reading of books will take the place of a daily�察�

candid�察�honest examination of what one has recently done�察�and what one is 

about   to   doof   a   steady   looking   at   one's   self   in   the   face   ��disconcerting 

though the sight may be��。 

     When shall this important business be accomplished�拭�The solitude of 

the evening journey home appears to me to be suitable for it。 A reflective 

mood naturally follows the exertion of having earned the day's living。 Of 

course if�察�instead of attending to an elementary and profoundly important 

duty�察�you prefer to read the paper ��which you might just as well read while 

waiting   for   your   dinner��   I   have   nothing   to   say。   But   attend   to   it   at   some 

time of the day you must。 I now come to the evening hours。 



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            IX INTEREST IN THE ARTS 



     Many people pursue a regular and uninterrupted course of idleness in 

the evenings because they think that there is no alternative to idleness but 

the study of literature�察�and they do not happen to have a taste for literature。 

This is a great mistake。 

     Of   course   it   is   impossible�察  �or   at   any   rate   very   difficult�察  �properly   to 

study   anything   whatever   without   the   aid   of   printed   books。   But   if   you 

desire   to   understand   the   deeper   depths   of   bridge   or   of   boat´sailing   you 

would not be deterred by your lack of interest in literature from reading 

the best books on bridge or boat´sailing。 We   must�察�therefore�察�distinguish 

between literature�察�and books treating of subjects not literary。 I shall come 

to literature in due course。 

     Let me now remark to those who have never read Meredith�察�and who 

are capable of being unmoved by a discussion as to whether Mr。 Stephen 

Phillips is or is not a true poet�察�that they are perfectly within their rights。 It 

is   not   a   crime   not   to   love   literature。   It   is   not   a   sign   of   imbecility。   The 

mandarins of literature will order out to instant execution the unfortunate 

individual who does not comprehend�察�say�察�the influence of Wordsworth on 

Tennyson。       But   that  is  only   their  impudence。      Where     would     they   be�察 �I 

wonder�察     �if  requested     to   explain    the   influences     that   went    to   make 

Tschaikowsky's ;Pathetic Symphony;�拭�

       There    are   enormous      fields   of  knowledge       quite   outside    literature 

which   will   yield   magnificent   results   to   cultivators。   For   example   ��since   I 

have     just  mentioned      the   most    popular    piece    of  high´class     music    in 

England   to´day���察  �I   am   reminded   that   the   Promenade   Concerts   begin   in 

August。 You go to them。 You smoke your cigar or cigarette ��and I regret to 

say that you strike your matches during the soft bars of the ;Lohengrin; 

overture���察�and you enjoy the music。 But you say you cannot play the piano 

or the fiddle�察�or even the banjo�察�that you know nothing of music。 

     What   does   that   matter�拭  �That   you   have   a   genuine   taste   for   music   is 

proved by the fact that�察�in order to fill his hall with you and your peers�察�the 

conductor   is   obliged   to   provide   programmes   from   which   bad   music   is 

almost entirely excluded ��a change from the old Covent Garden days�。�。 



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     Now   surely   your   inability   to   perform   ;The   Maiden's   Prayer;   on   a 

piano     need   not   prevent    you    from    making     yourself    familiar    with   the 

construction of the orchestra to which you listen a couple of nights a week 

during   a   couple   of   months�   �As   things   are�察    �you   probably   think   of   the 

orchestra   as   a   heterogeneous   mass   of   instruments   producing   a   confused 

agreeable mass of sound。 You do not listen for details because you have 

never trained your ears to listen to details。 

     If you were asked to name the instruments which play the great theme 

at the beginning of the C minor symphony you could not name them for 

your life's sake。 Yet you admire the C minor symphony。 It has thrilled you。 

It   will   thrill   you   again。  You   have   even   talked   about   it�察  �in   an   expansive 

mood�察�to that ladyyou know whom I mean。 And all you can positively 

state about the C minor symphony is that Beethoven composed it and that 

it is a ;jolly fine thing。; 

     Now�察�if you have read�察�say�察�Mr。 Krehbiel's ;How to Listen to Music; 

��which can be got at any bookseller's for less than the price of a stall at the 

Alhambra�察       �and    which     contains     photographs       of   all   the   orchestral 

instruments and plans of the arrangement of orchestras�� you would next go 

to a promenade concert with an astonishing intensification of interest in it。 

Instead of a confused mass�察�the orchestra would appear to you as what it 

isa marvellously  balanced   organism  whose   various groups   of   members 

each have a different and an indispensable function。 You would spy out the 

instruments�察 �and   listen   for   their   respective  sounds。 You   would   know   the 

gulf   that   separates   a   French   horn   from  an   English   horn�察  �and   you   would 

perceive   why   a   player   of   the   hautboy   gets   higher   wages   than   a   fiddler�察�

though the fiddle is the more difficult instrument。 You would *live* at a 

promenade concert�察�whereas previously you had merely existed there in a 

state of beatific coma�察�like a baby gazing at a bright object。 

     The foundations of a genuine�察�systematic knowledge of music   might 

be laid。 You might specialise your inquiries either on a particular form of 

music ��such as the symphony���察�or on the works of a particular composer。 

At   the   end   of   a   year   of   forty´eight   weeks   of   three   brief   evenings   each�察�

combined with a study of programmes and attendances at concerts chosen 

out    of  your   increasing     knowledge�察     �you   would     really  know     something 



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about music�察�even though you were as far off as ever from jangling ;The 

Maiden's Prayer; on the piano。 

     ;But I hate music� ─�you say。 My dear sir�察�I respect you。 

     What applies to music applies to the other arts。 I might mention Mr。 

Clermont Witt's ;How to Look at Pictures�察─�or Mr。 Russell Sturgis's ;How 

to   Judge Architecture�察─  �as   beginnings   ��merely   beginnings��   of   systematic 

vitalising knowledge in other arts�察�the materials for whose study abound in 

London。 

     ;I hate all the arts� ─�you say。 My dear sir�察�I respect you more and more。 

     I will deal with your case next�察�before coming to literature。 



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                 X NOTHING IN LIFE IS 

                              HUMDRUM 



     Art is a great thing。 But it is not the greatest。 The most important of all 

perceptions is the continual perception of cause and effect´in other words�察�

the perception of the continuous development of the universe´in still other 

words�察�the perception of the course of evolution。 When one has thoroughly 

got imbued into one's head the leading truth that nothing happens without 

a cause�察�one grows not only large´minded�察�but large´hearted。 

     It is hard to have one's watch stolen�察�but one reflects that the thief of 

the watch became a thief from causes of heredity and environment which 

are as interesting as they are scientifically comprehensible�察�and one buys 

another watch�察�if not   with joy�察�at   any rate with   a philosophy that   makes 

bitterness   impossible。   One   loses�察  �in   the   study   of   cause   and   effect�察  �that 

absurd     air  which   so   many   people     have   of  being   always    shocked     and 

pained by the curiousness of life。 Such people live amid human nature as 

if human nature were a foreign country full of awful foreign customs。 But�察�

having     reached    maturity�察  �one   ought    surely   to  be  ashamed     of  being    a 

stranger in a strange land� �

     The study of cause and effect�察�while it lessens the painfulness of life�察�

adds to life's picturesqueness。 The man to whom evolution is but a name 

looks   at   the   sea  as   a  grandiose�察  �monotonous      spectacle�察  �which    he   can 

witness   in August   for   three   shillings   third´class   return。  The   man   who   is 

imbued   with   the   idea   of   development�察  �of   continuous   cause   and   effect�察�

perceives   in    the  sea   an  element    which   in   the  day´before´yesterday   of 

geology was vapour�察�which yesterday was boiling�察�and which to´morrow 

will inevitably be ice。 

     He perceives that a liquid is merely something on its way to be solid�察�

and     he   is   penetrated     by   a   sense    of   the    tremendous�察     �changeful 

picturesqueness   of   life。   Nothing   will   afford   a   more   durable   satisfaction 

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