is good for a man who thinks seriously to face his fellows, and
speak out whatever really burns in him, so that men may seem less
strange to one another, and misunderstanding, the fruitful cause of
aimless strife, may be avoided.

But if to any of you I have seemed to speak hopelessly, my words
have been lacking in art; and you must remember that hopelessness
would have locked my mouth, not opened it. I am, indeed, hopeful,
but can I give a date to the accomplishment of my hope, and say that
it will happen in my life or yours?

But I will say at least, Courage! for things wonderful, unhoped-for,
glorious, have happened even in this short while I have been alive.

Yes, surely these times are wonderful and fruitful of change, which,
as it wears and gathers new life even in its wearing, will one day
bring better things for the toiling days of men, who, with freer
hearts and clearer eyes, will once more gain the sense of outward
beauty, and rejoice in it.

Meanwhile, if these hours be dark, as, indeed, in many ways they
are, at least do not let us sit deedless, like fools and fine
gentlemen, thinking the common toil not good enough for us, and
beaten by the muddle; but rather let us work like good fellows
trying by some dim candle-light to set our workshop ready against
to-morrow's daylight--that to-morrow, when the civilised world, no
longer greedy, strifeful, and destructive, shall have a new art, a
glorious art, made by the people and for the people, as a happiness
to the maker and the user.