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But like every new movement, the reaction against Victorianism and romance has its extremists who seem determined, above all else, on being original, without con sidering that their changes in the artistic medium, by which they have to communicate with their audience, are too violent and sudden. It is true that an ancient Greek would be as much at a loss before the statuary of Rousseaux as before our photographs: the gulf between the art which he knew and that of modern Europe is too wide to be jumped at one bound. Nor must we forget that the idiom and inflection of the language of art changes as much as the ordinary speech of a community, and that after two thousand years it will be unintelligible to its older speakers. But though it changes, the change is gradual and in the development of art, the characteristic expression of the msthetic consciousness through the ages, we never find lacunae. Though the barbarians may have destroyed classic art and built their own out of its ruins, yet within the classical period or within the modern, between the cataclysms that blot out all traditions, the continuity of art is clear and certain.

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If it were possible, I should prefer to say nothing of the help I have received from friends in the preparation of the following essay,because I am unwilling that any one who has given me good advice should have to bear any responsibility for what I have said. It is I who must be responsible for the opinions expressed, and they only for having encouraged me to publish, or perhaps for not having clearly enough dissuaded me from that course. Yet if I have turned the generous assistance of Professor H. J. C. Grierson to negative and imperfect results, I cannot feel myself exonerated from the duty of making a full acknowledgment of my debt to him: his careful and friendly criticism and all the abundance of his suggestions have, I earnestly hope, not been entirely wasted. I should also like to express my gratitude to Professors Dewar and Morley, of University College, Reading, for aid in a multitude of ways, and to Mr. A. J. D. Porteous, of Oriel, Mr. E. P. Dickie, of Christ Church, and Mr. G. Watson, Oxford, for assistance in reading proofs.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.