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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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