Morris, William; Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle: A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press (1898)

ingly on its simplicity from all the grandeur rbis
over/seasKSSH^^SE’3H23SS2ffi is the
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Hnd Science, we have loved ber well, and fol/ type
lowed ber diligently, wbat will sbe do? I fear
sbe is so much in tbe pay of tbe counting-
-house, tbe counting/bouseandtbedrill/ser-
geant, that sbe is too busy,and will for tbe
^present do nothing.
6TZ there are matters
which I should have
thought easy for ber,
say for example teach/
ing JMancbester bow
to consume its own
smoke, or Leeds bow
to get rid of its super/
fluous black dye with/
out turning it into tbe
river,which would be as much worth
ber attention as tbe production of
the heaviest of heavy black silks,
or tbe biggest of useless guns.
Hnybow, however it be done, un-
less people care about carrying on
their business witboutmakingthe
world hideous, bow can they care
about art? Iknowitwillcostmuch
both of time and money to better
these things even a little; but 1 do
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