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The claims of decorative art (1892)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 151

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Art and Commercialism 139 But commercialism, which seems now so triumphant, carriesthe seeds of destruction in its own bosom. The penalty of fastliving must sooner or later be paid, by nations and systems asby individuals. Dissolution must inevitably set in. Alreadythere are signs of the beginning… … ART AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY T~^0 men engaged in strenuous political strife, amid the stressand strain of the fierce war of commercial competition ;when the forces of labour are organising themselves and formingin battle array against the fenced strongholds of capitalism ;when the air is full of…

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