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Monomania�察�and human nature shudders at the petrifaction of the intellect 

of Mr。 F。's aunt。      Et patati�察�et patata。 

     It may be only too true that the actual world is 'with pathos delicately 

edged。'     For Malvolio living we should have had living sympathies�此                     �so 

much      aspiration�察   �so  ill´educated     a  love   of  refinement�察    �so   unarmed     a 

credulity�察    �noblest     of   weaknesses�察      �betrayed     for   the    laughter    of    a 

chambermaid。          By    an   actual   Bottom     the   Weaver     our   pity   might    be 

reached   for   the   sake   of   his   single   self´reliance�察  �his   fancy   and   resource 

condemned         to   burlesque      and    ignominy      by    the   niggard     doom     of 

circumstance。        But is not life one thing and is not art another�拭             �Is it not 

the   privilege   of   literature   to   make   selection   and   to   treat   things   singly�察�

without the  after´thoughts   of life�察 �without   the  troublous   completeness   of 

the   many´sided   world�拭  �Is   not   Shakespeare�察  �for   this   reason�察  �our   refuge�拭�

Fortunately unreal is his world when he will have it so�察�and there we may 

laugh   with   open   heart   at   a   grotesque   man�此   �without   misgiving�察  �without 



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remorse�察�without reluctance。          If great creating Nature has not assumed for 

herself   she   has   assuredly   secured   to   the   great   creating   poet   the   right   of 

partiality�察  �of   limitation�察  �of   setting   aside   and   leaving   out�察  �of   taking   one 

impression and one emotion as sufficient for the day。                Art and Nature are 

separate�察�complementary�察�in relation�察�not in confusion�察�with one another。 

And all this officious cleverness in seeing round the corner�察�as it were�察�of a 

thing presented by literary art in the flat��the borrowing of similes from 

other arts is of evil tendency�察�but let this pass�察�as it is apt��is but another 

sign of the general lack of a sense of the separation between Nature and 

the    sentient   mirror    in   the  mind。     In    some    of   his   persons�察   �indeed�察�

Shakespeare is as Nature herself�察�all´inclusive�察�but in othersand chiefly 

in comedyhe is partial�察�he is impressionary�察�he refuses to know what is 

not to his purpose�察�he is an artist。         And in that gay�察�wilful world it is that 

he gives usor used to give us�察�for even the world is obsoletethe pleasure 

of OUBLIANCE。 

     Now this fugitive writer has not been so swift but that I have caught 

him a clout as he went。           Yet he will do it again�察�and those like´minded 

will assuredly also continue to show how much more completely human�察�

how much more sensitive�察�how much more responsible�察�is the art of the 

critic than the world has ever dreamt till now。             And�察�superior in so much�察�

they will still count   their superior weeping as   the choicest of their gifts。 

And   Lepidus�察  �who   loves   to   wonder�察  �can   have   no   better   subject   for   his 

admiration than the pathos of the time。            It is bred now of your mud by the 

operation of your sun。         'Tis a strange serpent�察�and the tears of it are wet。 



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               THE POINT OF HONOUR 



     Not   without   significance   is   the   Spanish   nationality   of   Velasquez。   In 

Spain     was    the  Point    put   upon    Honour�察    �and   Velasquez      was   the   first 

Impressionist。       As an Impressionist he claimed�察�implicity if not explicity�察�

a whole series of delicate trusts in his trustworthiness�察�he made an appeal 

to the confidence of his peers�察�he relied on his own candour and asked that 

the candid should   rely  upon   him�察  �he   kept the   chastity  of   art   when   other 

masters   were   content   with       its   honesty�察  �and   when   others   saved   artistic 

conscience   he   safeguarded   the   point   of   honour。       Contemporary   masters 

more or less proved their position�察�and convinced the world by something 

of demonstration�察�the first Impressionist simply asked that his word should 

be accepted。 To those who would not take his word he offers no bond。                       To 

those   who   will�察 �he   grants the distinction   of   a share   in his   responsibility。 

Somewhat   unrefined�察  �in   comparison   to   his   lofty   and   simple   claim   to   be 

believed   on   a   suggestion�察  �is   the   commoner   painter's   production   of   his 

credentials�察  �his   appeal   to   the   sanctions   of   ordinary   experience�察  �his   self´ 

defence   against   the   suspicion   of   making   irresponsible   mysteries   in   art。 

'You can see for yourself��' the lesser man seems to say to the world�察�'thus 

things are�察�and I render them in such manner that your intelligence may be 

satisfied。'    This    is  an   appeal    to  average     experienceat      the   best   the 

cumulative experience�察�and with the average�察�or with the sum�察�art cannot 

deal without derogation。           The Spaniard seems to say�此           �'Thus things are 

in   my    pictorial   sight。   Trust    me�察  �I  apprehend      them   so。'   We    are   not 

excluded      from    his   counsels�察   �but   we   are   asked    to  attribute   a  certain 

authority to him�察�master of the craft as he is�察�master of that art of seeing 

pictorially which is the beginning and not far from the endnot far short 

of the wholeof the art of painting。           So little indeed are we shut out from 

the mysteries of a great Impressionist's impression that Velasquez requires 

us to be in some degree his colleagues。             Thus may each of us to whom he 

appeals take praise from the praised�此           �He leaves my educated eyes to do a 

little   of  the   work。    He   respects    my    responsibility     no   lessthough     he 

respects it less explicitlythan I do his。         What he allows me would not be 



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granted by a meaner master。            If he does not hold himself bound to prove 

his own truth�察�he returns thanks for my trust。              It is as though he used his 

countrymen's   courteous   hyperbole   and   called   his   house   my   own。   In   a 

sense of the most noble hostship he does me the honours of his picture。 

     Because      Impressionism       is  so   free�察  �therefore    is  it  doubly    bound。 

Because there is none to arraign it�察�it is a thousand times responsible。                   To 

undertake   this   art   for   the   sake   of   its   privileges   without   confessing   its 

obligationsor at least without confessing them up to the point of honour 

is to take a vulgar freedom�此         �to see immunities precisely where there are 

duties�察�and an advantage where there is a bond。                A very mob of men have 

taken Impressionism upon themselves in this our later day。                     It is against 

all probabilities that more than a few among these have within them the 

point of honour。       In their galleries we are beset with a dim distrust。             And 

to distrust is more humiliating than to be distrusted。               How many of these 

landscape´painters�察  �deliberately   rash�察  �are   painting   the   truth   of   their   own 

impressions�拭       �An ethical question as to loyalty is easily answered�察�truth 

and falsehood as to fact are�察�happily for  the intelligence of the  common 

conscience�察�not hard to divide。          But when the DUBIUM concerns not fact 

but    artistic  truth�察 �can   the   many    be   sure   that  their  sensitiveness�察    �their 

candour�察     �their   scruple�察   �their   delicate    equipoise      of   perceptions�察    �the 

vigilance of their apprehension�察�are enough�拭               �Now Impressionists of late 

have told us things as to their impressionsas to the effect of things upon 

the temperament of this man and upon the mood of thatwhich should not 

be asserted except on the artistic point of honour。                The majority can tell 

ordinary truth�察�but they should not trust themselves for truth extraordinary。 

They can face the general judgment�察�but they should hesitate to produce 

work   that   appeals   to   the   last   judgment�察  �which   is   the   judgment   within。 

There   is   too   much   reason   to   divine   that   a   certain   number   of   those   who 

aspire to derive from the greatest of masters have no temperaments worth 

speaking of�察�no point of view worth seizing�察�no vigilance worth awaiting�察�

no   mood   worth   waylaying。         And   to   be�察  �de   parti   pris�察  �an   Impressionist 

without   these�      �O   Velasquez�      �Nor   is   literature   quite   free   from   a   like 

reproach   in   her   own   things。     An   author�察  �here   and   there�察  �will   make   as 

though he had a word worth hearingnay�察�worth over´hearinga word that 



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seeks   to   withdraw   even   while   it   is   uttered�察  �and   yet   what   it   seems   to 

dissemble is all too probably a platitude。           But obviously�察�literature is not 

as is the craft and mystery of paintingso at the mercy of a half´imposture�察�

so guarded by unprovable honour。              For the art of painting is reserved that 

shadowy risk�察�that undefined salvation。             May the gods guard us from the 

further    popularising     of  Impressionism�察      �for  the   point   of  honour    is  the 

simple secret of the few。 



             
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