Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 132
ne can do without food,and therefore his usefulness is indisputable. Thencome the workmen, and last of all the merchants, whoare considered as no class in Japan and are greatlylooked down upon—producing nothing, they merelyturn over articles made by other hands for a profit. • The most beautiful… … ^ W*** « ^/ v.^ .*-w,^- The Living Art it has been designed with a view to its usefulness.Would that we were always ruled by this splendidquality! Unfortunately, we are not. We are ruledby our own tastes, which, I feel bound to admit, arenot artistic. Think of the sombre, happy-go-luckyarrangements…
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