'
That wasn't a very encouraging start, you'll admit. Last night I tried
you with art, and all you did was to mix it up with morality, which, as
everybody knows, is a perfectly hopeless thing to do. The ancient
Hebrews had more sense. They were specialists in morality, and they
absolutely forbade art. Whereas the Greeks, who were artists, went in
for a thoroughly immoral kind of life. Finding that you were totally
indifferent to the metaphysics of the aesthetic, I offered you an
interesting chain of abstract reasoning. What was the result? You
were absolutely unable to follow me. I then threw out some hints which
might have led to an interesting psychological discussion, but you
didn't know what I meant. This evening I touched on one of the great
principles which must guide us in the consideration of the whole
feminist question--"
"That was when you talked about judging Miss King's intentions by the
look of her eyes," said the Major.
"Yes; it was. And so far as I can recollect, all you did was to grin
in a futile and somewhat vulgar way. Finally, I tried to talk to you
about child culture, which is one of the most important problems of our
day; a problem which is occupying the attention of statesmen,
philanthropists, philosophers, doctors, and teachers of every kind,
from kindergarten mistresses to university professors.
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