Chapter XV -- Freshness of Feeling

The primary charm of art resides
in the freshness of feeling which
it reveals and conveys. An art which
discloses fatigue, weariness, exhaustion
of emotion, deadening of interest, has
parted with its magical spell; for vital-
ity, emotion, passionate interest in the
experiences of life, devout acceptance
of the facts of life, are the prime char-
acteristics of art in those moments
when its veracity and power are at the
highest point. A great work of art
may be tragic in the view of life which
it presents, but it must show no sign
of the succumbing of the spirit to the

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