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wonder�察�and creates that mood in which alone he can be understood。



And to me it is a joy to remember that if he is 'of imagination all 

compact��' the world itself is of the same substance。  I said in 

DORIAN GRAY that the great sins of the world take place in the 

brain�此 �but it is in the brain that everything takes place。  We 

know now that we do not see with the eyes or hear with the ears。  

They are really channels for the transmission�察�adequate or 

inadequate�察�of sense impressions。  It is in the brain that the 

poppy is red�察�that the apple is odorous�察�that the skylark sings。



Of late I have been studying with diligence the four prose poems 

about Christ。  At Christmas I managed to get hold of a Greek 

Testament�察�and every morning�察�after I had cleaned my cell and 

polished my tins�察�I read a little of the Gospels�察�a dozen verses 

taken by chance anywhere。  It is a delightful way of opening the 

day。  Every one�察�even in a turbulent�察�ill´disciplined life�察�should 

do the same。  Endless repetition�察�in and out of season�察�has spoiled 

for us the freshness�察�the naivete�察�the simple romantic charm of the 

Gospels。  We hear them read far too often and far too badly�察�and 

all repetition is anti´spiritual。  When one returns to the Greek�察�

it is like going into a garden of lilies out of some�察�narrow and 

dark house。



And to me�察�the pleasure is doubled by the reflection that it is 

extremely probable that we have the actual terms�察�the IPSISSIMA 

VERBA�察�used by Christ。  It was always supposed that Christ talked 

in Aramaic。  Even Renan thought so。  But now we know that the 

Galilean peasants�察�like the Irish peasants of our own day�察�were 

bilingual�察�and that Greek was the ordinary language of intercourse 

all over Palestine�察�as indeed all over the Eastern world。  I never 

liked the idea that we knew of Christ's own words only through a 

translation of a translation。  It is a delight to me to think that 

as far as his conversation was concerned�察�Charmides might have 

listened to him�察�and Socrates reasoned with him�察�and Plato 

understood him�此 �that he really said ��Greek text which cannot be 

reproduced�В察�that when he thought of the lilies of the field and 

how they neither toil nor spin�察�his absolute expression was ��Greek 

text which cannot be reproduced�В察�and that his last word when he 

cried out 'my life has been completed�察�has reached its fulfilment�察�

has been perfected��' was exactly as St。 John tells us it was�此 �

��Greek text which cannot be reproduced�А � no more。



While in reading the Gospels ´ particularly that of St。 John 

himself�察�or whatever early Gnostic took his name and mantle ´ I see 

the continual assertion of the imagination as the basis of all 

spiritual and material life�察�I see also that to Christ imagination 

was simply a form of love�察�and that to him love was lord in the 

fullest meaning of the phrase。  Some six weeks ago I was allowed by 

the doctor to have white bread to eat instead of the coarse black 

or brown bread of ordinary prison fare。  It is a great delicacy。  

It will sound strange that dry bread could possibly be a delicacy 

to any one。  To me it is so much so that at the close of each meal 

I carefully eat whatever crumbs may be left on my tin plate�察�or 

have fallen on the rough towel that one uses as a cloth so as not 

to soil one's table�察�and I do so not from hunger ´ I get now quite 

sufficient food ´ but simply in order that nothing should be wasted 

of what is given to me。  So one should look on love。



Christ�察�like all fascinating personalities�察�had the power of not 

merely saying beautiful things himself�察�but of making other people 

say beautiful things to him�察�and I love the story St。 Mark tells us 

about the Greek woman�察�who�察�when as a trial of her faith he said to 

her that he could not give her the bread of the children of Israel�察�

answered him that the little dogs ´ �┌�Greek text which cannot be 

reproduced�В察�'little dogs' it should be rendered�� ´ who are under 

the table eat of the crumbs that the children let fall。  Most 

people live for love and admiration。  But it is by love and 

admiration that we should live。  If any love is shown us we should 

recognise that we are quite unworthy of it。  Nobody is worthy to be 

loved。  The fact that God loves man shows us that in the divine 

order of ideal things it is written that eternal love is to be 

given to what is eternally unworthy。  Or if that phrase seems to be 

a bitter one to bear�察�let us say that every one is worthy of love�察�

except him who thinks that he is。  Love is a sacrament that should 

be taken kneeling�察�and DOMINE�察�NON SUM DIGNUS should be on the lips 

and in the hearts of those who receive it。



If ever I write again�察�in the sense of producing artistic work�察�

there are just two subjects on which and through which I desire to 

express myself�此 �one is 'Christ as the precursor of the romantic 

movement in life'�此 �the other is 'The artistic life considered in 

its relation to conduct。'  The first is�察�of course�察�intensely 

fascinating�察�for I see in Christ not merely the essentials of the 

supreme romantic type�察�but all the accidents�察�the wilfulnesses 

even�察�of the romantic temperament also。  He was the first person 

who ever said to people that they should live 'flower´like lives。'  

He fixed the phrase。  He took children as the type of what people 

should try to become。  He held them up as examples to their elders�察�

which I myself have always thought the chief use of children�察�if 

what is perfect should have a use。  Dante describes the soul of a 

man as coming from the hand of God 'weeping and laughing like a 

little child��' and Christ also saw that the soul of each one should 

be A GUISA DI FANCIULLA CHE PIANGENDO E RIDENDO PARGOLEGGIA。  He 

felt that life was changeful�察�fluid�察�active�察�and that to allow it 

to be stereotyped into any form was death。  He saw that people 

should not be too serious over material�察�common interests�此 �that to 

be unpractical was to be a great thing�此 �that one should not bother 

too much over affairs。  The birds didn't�察�why should man�拭 �He is 

charming when he says�察�'Take no thought for the morrow�察�is not the 

soul more than meat�拭�is not the body more than raiment��'  A Greek 

might have used the latter phrase。  It is full of Greek feeling。  

But only Christ could have said both�察�and so summed up life 

perfectly for us。



His morality is all sympathy�察�just what morality should be。  If the 

only thing that he ever said had been�察�'Her sins are forgiven her 

because she loved much��' it would have been worth while dying to 

have said it。  His justice is all poetical justice�察�exactly what 

justice should be。  The beggar goes to heaven because he has been 

unhappy。  I cannot conceive a better reason for his being sent 

there。  The people who work for an hour in the vineyard in the cool 

of the evening receive just as much reward as those who have toiled 

there all day long in the hot sun。  Why shouldn't they�拭 �Probably 

no one deserved anything。  Or perhaps they were a different kind of 

people。  Christ had no patience with the dull lifeless mechanical 

systems that treat people as if they were things�察�and so treat 

everybody alike�此 �for him there were no laws�此 �there were 

exceptions merely�察�as if anybody�察�or anything�察�for that matter�察�was 

like aught else in the world��



That which is the very keynote of romantic art was to him the 

proper basis of natural life。  He saw no other basis。  And when 

they brought him one�察�taken in the very act of sin and showed him 

her sentence written in the law�察�and asked him what was to be done�察�

he wrote with his finger on the ground as though he did not hear 

them�察�and finally�察�when they pressed him again�察�looked up and said�察�

'Let him of you who has never sinned be the first to throw the 

stone at her。'  It was worth while living to have said that。



Like all poetical natures he loved ignorant people。  He knew that 

in the soul of one who is ignorant there is always room for a great 

idea。  But he could not stand stupid people�察�especially those who 

are made stupid by education�此 �people who are full of opinions not 

one of which they even understand�察�a peculiarly modern type�察�summed 

up by Christ when he describes it as the type of one who has the 

key of knowledge�察�cannot use it himself�察�and does not allow other 

people to use it�察�though it may be made to open the gate of God's 

Kingdom。  His chief war was against the Philistines。  That is the 

war every child of light has to wage。  Philistinism was the note of 

the age and community in which he lived。  In their heavy 

inaccessibility to ideas�察�their dull respectability�察�their tedious 

orthodoxy�察�their worship of vulgar success�察�their entire 

preoccupation with the gross materialistic side of life�察�and their 

ridiculous estimate of themselves and their importance�察�the Jews of 

Jerusalem in Christ's day were the exact counterpart of the British 

Philistine of our own。  Christ mocked at the 'whited sepulchre' of 

respectability�察�and fixed that phrase for ever。  He treated worldly 

success as a thing absolutely to be despised。  He saw nothing in it 

at all。  He looked on wealth as an encumbrance to a man。  He would 

not hear of life being sacrificed to any system of thought or 

morals。  He pointed out that forms and ceremonies were made for 

man�察�not man for forms and ceremonies。  He took sabbatarianism as a 

type of the things that should be set at nought。  The cold 

philanthropies�察�the ostentatious public charities�察�the tedious 

formalisms so dear to the middle´class mind�察�he exposed with utter 

and relentless scorn。  To us�察�what is termed orthodoxy is merely a 

facile unintelligent acquiescence�察�but to them�察�and in their hands�察�

it was a terrible and paralysing tyranny。  Christ swept it aside。  

He showed that the spirit alone was of value。  He took a keen 

pleasure in pointing ou
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