Book Three — The Fascination

I. Tidings of the Comer

           

           InClymYeobright’sfacecouldbedimlyseenthetypicalcountenanceofthefuture.Shouldtherebeaclassicperiodtoarthereafter,itsPheidiasmayproducesuchfaces.Theviewoflifeasathingtobeputupwith,replacingthatzestforexistencewhichwassointenseinearlycivilizations,mustultimatelyentersothoroughlyintotheconstitutionoftheadvancedracesthatitsfacialexpressionwillbecomeacceptedasanewartisticdeparture.Peoplealreadyfeelthatamanwholiveswithoutdisturbingacurveoffeature,orsettingamarkofmentalconcernanywhereuponhimself,istoofarremovedfrommodernperceptivenesstobeamoderntype.Physicallybeautifulmen—thegloryoftheracewhenitwasyoung—arealmostananachronismnow;andwemaywonderwhether,atsometimeorother,physicallybeautifulwomenmaynotbeananachronismlikewise.

           ThetruthseemstobethatalonglineofdisillusivecenturieshaspermanentlydisplacedtheHellenicideaoflife,orwhateveritmaybecalled.WhattheGreeksonlysuspectedweknowwell;whattheirAeschylusimaginedournurserychildrenfeel.Thatold-fashionedrevellinginthegeneralsituationgrowslessandlesspossibleasweuncoverthedefectsofnaturallaws,andseethequandarythatmanisinbytheiroperation.

           ThelineamentswhichwillgetembodiedinidealsbaseduponthisnewrecognitionwillprobablybeakintothoseofYeobright.Theobserver’seyewasarrested,notbyhisfaceasapicture,butbyhisfaceasapage;notbywhatitwas,butbywhatitrecorded.

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