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第8章 快乐不必认真The Importance of Doing Things Badly3（第1页）

第8章快乐不必认真TheImportangThingsBadly（3）

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thoughitsworth，likethatofalliivearts，islessesevaworksimediumofhumanfleshandblood，ahattheactorcreate—forwhatretativeartistisreallyacreativeartistwinaperishablemedium—isanimpressionupoihtarousedin，themindsofanaudiendisincapable，thee—thoughIhaveochedeversobrieflytheproofofmybelief—beagreatart.Butisaerredfromtakingpartiricalsbythesideratioaotabitofit!AlynisohingsaboutwhichIamwritihethingsthatarewbadly.Ahingismusic;butheretheproverbialfallaexertsitspower，asitdoesnot，forsomeobsdunreasoningdisation，inag.Mostpeopleseemtothinkthatiftheyg，orplaythepiano，fiddle，orsackbut，admirablywell，theymustnotdoahingsatall.Thattheyshouldnotindisatelyforcetheirinferiorperformahepubliupontheiraces

，Iadmit.

Butthatthereishehome”

forinferiormusianuntruththatIflatlydeny.Howmanysonsanddaughtershavenot，withaverysmalltaleheirparehelessfondlyprejudicedearsoftheirfriepleasurewiththesingingofsimplesongs?Thehereestothesiofdissatisfaginglessoaken，and—ifthepupilisofmoderatetalentadisposition—limitationsaredisdthen，inoften，thesingingisdropped，likeahotpenny.Howmanyfathershavenotbanishedmusitheirhomesbyengtheirdaughterstotakesiahomemaybethefresherfthatwoulddeservebrickbatsataparishcert.

Imaypauseheretohecuriousexthatpeoplewhoanyatbepersuadedtosinginthedrawing-room，oreveh，willwithouthesitationuplifttheirtunelessviousmeetingsorinchurch.Thereisaperfectlygoodandhoionofthis，Ibelieve，butitbelongstotherealmofmetaphysidisbeyoscope.Thiscursedbelief，thatifathingiswatall，itiswwell，isthecauseofagreatimpoverishmentinourprivatelife，andalso，tosomeextent，ofthelofstandardsinourpubliclife.Forthisteofproverbialfaithhastwoeffealltalents:Itleadsmodestpersonshematall，apersoodosotoomudtoforcethemselvesuponthepublic.Itleadstothedecayandofthekeepingofdiaries，aleadstothepublioirsashouldremaihewriters’desks.ItleadsMr.Blanknottowriteversesatall—whichhemightverywelldo，forthesakeofhisoiness，andfortheamusementofhisfriends—anditleadsMissDashtopestertheoverworkededitorsofvariousjournalswithherunsuccessfulimitationsofMr.delaMare，Mr.Yeats，andDr.Bridges.

&isthatournationalartistiowsuffersfromtwogreatneeds:Aracticeofthearts，andahigher，moreexclusive，professionalstandard.Untiltheseareachievedweshallhebestoutofoursouls.Thetruthis，Iceive，thatthereisformostofusohing—beyond，ofcourse，ourdutiesofshipandourpersonaldutiesassons，orhusbands，hters，orwives，ormothers—thatiswwell—thatistosay，withally.Thatohiing，oritmaybemakingsteam-engines，bricks.Butafterthattherearehuhingsthatarewbadly，withonlyparty，forthesakeoftherelaxatius，aswhichtheygiveuswithourminds.Andtheslahis，asohehappier，themoreted，themracious，willourlahereareeven，Imaintain，thingsthatareierdohanwell.siderfishing，whereone’swholepleasureisoftenspoiledbyhavingtokillafish.Now，ifonetrivealwaystotrytocatchafish，aodoso，o—Butthatisaory.