Sense of us; but clearly in the present it mdu
the lack cates a transference of the interest
of art of civilised men from the develops
ment of the human & intellectual
energies of the race to the develops
ment of its mechanical energies* If
this tendency is to go along the lo^
gical road of development, it must
be said that it will destroy the arts
of design and all that is analogous
to them in literature; but the logi^
cal outcome of obvious tendencies
is often thwarted by the historical
development; that is,by what I can
call by no better name than the coh
lective will of mankind; and unless
my hopes deceive me, I should say
that this process has already begun,
that there is a revolt on foot against
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the lack cates a transference of the interest
of art of civilised men from the develops
ment of the human & intellectual
energies of the race to the develops
ment of its mechanical energies* If
this tendency is to go along the lo^
gical road of development, it must
be said that it will destroy the arts
of design and all that is analogous
to them in literature; but the logi^
cal outcome of obvious tendencies
is often thwarted by the historical
development; that is,by what I can
call by no better name than the coh
lective will of mankind; and unless
my hopes deceive me, I should say
that this process has already begun,
that there is a revolt on foot against
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