latter-day pamphlets-第30章

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lect　to　man；that　it　can　be　other　than　the　duty　of　a　good　citizen　to　use　his　god…given　intellect　in　investigating　prevenient　grace；　supervenient　moonshine；　or　the　color　of　the　Bishop's　nightmare；　if　that　happened　to　turn　up。　　I　consider　them　far　ahead　of　Cicero's　Roman　Augurs　with　their　chicken…bowels：　〃Behold　these　divine　chicken…bowels；　O　Senate　and　Roman　People；　the　midriff　has　fallen　eastward！〃　solemnly　intimates　one　Augur。　〃By　Proserpina　and　the　triple　Hecate！〃　exclaims　the　other；　〃I　say　the　midriff　has　fallen　to　the　west！〃　And　they　look　at　one　another　with　the　seriousness　of　men　prepared　to　die　in　their　opinion；the　authentic　seriousness　of　men　betting　at　Tattersall's；　or　about　to　receive　judgment　in　Chancery。　　There　is　in　the　Englishman　something　great；　beyond　all　Roman　greatness；　in　whatever　line　you　meet　him；　even　as　a　Latter…Day　Augur　he　seeks　his　fellow！Poor　devil；　I　believe　it　is　his　intense　love　of　peace；　and　hatred　of　breeding　discussions　which　lead　no…whither；　that　has　led　him　into　this　sad　practice　of　amalgamating　true　and　false。

He　has　been　at　it　these　two　hundred　years；　and　has　now　carried　it　to　a　terrible　length。　　He　couldn't　follow　Oliver　Cromwell　in　the　Puritan　path　heavenward；　so　steep　was　it；　and　beset　with　thorns；and　becoming　uncertain　withal。　　He　much　preferred；　at　that　juncture；　to　go　heavenward　with　his　Charles　Second　and　merry　Nell　Gwynns；　and　old　decent　formularies　and　good　respectable　aristocratic　company；　for　escort；　sore　he　tried；　by　glorious　restorations；　glorious　revolutions　and　so　forth；　to　perfect　this　desirable　amalgam；　hoped　always　it　might　be　possible；is　only　just　now；　if　even　now；　beginning　to　give　up　the　hope；　and　to　see　with　wide…eyed　horror　that　it　is　not　at　Heaven　he　is　arriving；　but　at　the　Stygian　marshes；　with　their　thirty　thousand　Needlewomen；　cannibal　Connaughts；　rivers　of　lamentation；　continual　wail　of　infants；　and　the　yellow…burning　gleam　of　a　Hell…on…Earth！Bull；　my　friend；　you　must　strip　that　astonishing　pontiff…stole；　imperial　mantle；　or　whatever　you　imagine　it　to　be；　which　I　discern　to　be　a　garment　of　curses；　and　poisoned　Nessus'…shirt　now　at　last　about　to　take　fire　upon　you；　you　must　strip　that　off　your　poor　body；　my　friend；　and；　were　it　only　in　a　soul's　suit　of　Utilitarian　buff；　and　such　belief　as　that　a　big　loaf　is　better　than　a　small　one；　come　forth　into　contact　with　your　world；　under　_true_　professions　again；　and　not　false。　　You　wretched　man；　you　ought　to　weep　for　half　a　century　on　discovering　what　lies　you　have　believed；　and　what　every　lie　leads　to　and　proceeds　from。　　O　my　friend；　no　honest　fellow　in　this　Planet　was　ever　so　served　by　his　cooks　before；　or　has　eaten　such　quantities　and　qualities　of　dirt　as　you　have　been　made　to　do；　for　these　two　centuries　past。　　Arise；　my　horribly　maltreated　yet　still　beloved　Bull；　steep　yourself　in　running　water　for　a　long　while；　my　friend；　and　begin　forthwith　in　every　conceivable　direction；　physical　and　spiritual；　the　long…expected　_Scavenger　Age_。

Many　doctors　have　you　had；　my　poor　friend；　but　I　perceive　it　is　the　Water…Cure　alone　that　will　help　you：　　a　complete　course　of　_scavengerism_　is　the　thing　you　need！　　A　new　and　veritable　heart…divorce　of　England　from　the　Babylonish　woman；　who　is　Jesuitism　and　Unveracity；　and　dwells　not　at　Rome　now；　but　under　your　own　nose　and　everywhere；　whom；　and　her　foul　worship　of　Phantasms　and　Devils；　poor　England　_had_　once　divorced；　with　a　divine　heroism　not　forgotten　yet；　and　well　worth　remembering　now：　　a　clearing…out　of　Church　and　State　from　the　unblessed　host　of　Phantasms　which　have　too　long　nestled　thick　there；　under　those　astonishing　〃Defenders　of　the　Faith；〃Defenders　of　the　Hypocrisies；　the　spiritual　Vampires　and　obscene　Nightmares；　under　which　England　lies　in　syncope；this　is　what　you　need；　and　if　you　cannot　get　it；　you　must　die；　my　poor　friend！

Like　people；　like　priest。　　Priest；　King；　Home　Office；　all　manner　of　establishments　and　offices　among　a　people　bear　a　striking　resemblance　to　the　people　itself。　　It　is　because　Bull　has　been　eating　so　much　dirt　that　his　Home　Offices　have　got　into　such　a　shockingly　dirty　condition；the　old　pavements　of　them　quite　gone　out　of　sight　and　out　of　memory；　and　nothing　but　mountains　of　long…accumulated　dung　in　which　the　poor　cattle　are　sprawling　and　tumbling。　　Had　his　own　life　been　pure；　had　his　own　daily　conduct　been　grounding　itself　on　the　clear　pavements　or　actual　beliefs　and　veracities；　would　he　have　let　his　Home　Offices　come　to　such　a　pass？　　Not　in　Downing　Street　only；　but　in　all　other　thoroughfares　and　arenas　and　spiritual　or　physical　departments　of　his　existence；　running　water　and　Herculean　scavengerism　have　become　indispensable；　unless　the　poor　man　is　to　choke　in　his　own　exuviae；　and　die　the　sorrowfulest　death。


If　the　State　could　once　get　back　to　the　real　sight　of　its　essential　function；　and　with　religious　resolution　begin　doing　that；　and　putting　away　its　multifarious　imaginary　functions；　and　indignantly　casting　out　these　as　mere　dung　and　insalubrious　horror　and　abomination　（which　they　are）；　what　a　promise　of　reform　were　there！　　The　British　Home　Office；　surely　this　and　its　kindred　Offices　exist；　if　they　will　think　of　it；　that　life　and　work　may　continue　possible；　and　may　not　become　impossible；　for　British　men。　　If　honorable　existence；　or　existence　on　human　terms　at　all；　have　become　impossible　for　millions　of　British　men；　how　can　the　Home　Office　or　any　other　Office　long　exist？　　With　thirty　thousand　Needlewomen；　a　Connaught　fallen　into　potential　cannibalism；　and　the　Idle　Workhouse　everywhere　bursting；　and　declaring　itself　an　inhumanity　and　stupid　ruinous　brutality　not　much　longer　to　be　tolerated　among　rational　human　creatures；　it　is　time　the　State　were　bethinking　itself。

So　soon　as　the　State　attacks　that　tremendous　cloaca　of　Pauperism；　which　will　choke　the　world　if　it　be　not　attacked；　the　State　will　find　its　real　functions　very　different　indeed　from　what　it　had　long　supposed　them！　　The　State　is　a　reality；　and　not　a　dramaturgy；　it　exists　here　to　render　existence　possible；　existence　desirable　and　noble；　for　the　State's　subjects。　　The　State；　as　it　gets　into　the　track　of　its　real　work；　will　find　that　same　expand　into　whole　continents　of　new　unexpected；　most　blessed　activity；　as　its　dramatic　functions；　declared　superfluous；　more　and　more　fall　inert；　and　go　rushing　like　huge　torrents　of　extinct　exuviae；　dung　and　rubbish；　down　to　the　Abyss　forever。　　O　Heaven；　to　see　a　State　that　knew　a　little　why　it　was　there；　and　on　what　ground；　in　this　Year　1850；　it　could　pretend　to　exist；　in　so　extremely　earnest　a　world　as　ours　is　growing！　　The　British　State；　if　it　will　be　the　crown　and　keystone　of　our　British　Social　Existence；　must　get　to　recognize；　with　a　veracity　very　long　unknown　to　it；　what　the　real　objects　and　indispensable　necessities　of　our　Social　Existence　are。　　Good　Heavens；　it　is　not　prevenient　grace；　or　the　color　of　the　Bishop's　nightmare；　that　is　pinching　us；　it　is　the　impossibility　to　get　along　any　farther　for　mountains　of　accumulated　dung　and　falsity　and　horror；　the　total　closing…up　of　noble　aims　from　every　man；of　any　aim　at　all；　from　many　men；　except　that　of　rotting　out　in　Idle　Workhouses　an　existence　below　that　of　beasts！

Suppose　the　State　to　have　fairly　started　its　〃Industrial　Regiments　of　the　New　Era；〃　which　alas；　are　yet　only　beginning　to　be　talked　of；what　continents　of　new　real　work　opened　out；　for　the　Home　and　all　other　Public　Offices　among　us！　　Suppose　the　Home　Office　looking　out；　as　for　life　and　salvation；　for　proper　men　to　command　these　〃Regiments。〃　　Suppose　the　announcement　were　practically　made　to　all　British　souls　that　the　want　of　wants；　more　indispensable　than　any　jewel　in　the　crown；　was　that　of　men　_able　to　command　men_　in　ways　of　industrial　and　moral　well…doing；　that　the　State　would　give　its　very　life　for　such　men；　that　such　men　_were_　the　State；　that　the　quantity　of　them　to　be　found　in　England　lamentably　small　at　present；　was　the　exact　measure　of　England's　worth；what　a　new　dawn　of　everlasting　day　for　all　British　souls！　　Noble　British　soul；　to　whom　the　gods　have　given　faculty　and　heroism；　what　men　call　genius；　here　at　last　is　a　career　for　thee。　　It　will　not　be　needful　now　to　swear　fealty　to　the　Incredible；　and　traitorously　cramp　thyself　into　a　cowardly　canting　play…actor　in　God's　Universe；　or；　solemnly　forswearing　that；　into　a　mutinous　rebel　and　waste　bandit　in　thy　generation：　　here　is　an　aim　that　is　clear　and　credible；　a　course　fit　for　a　man。　　No　need　to　become　a　tormenting　and　self…tormenting　mutineer；　banded　with　rebellious　souls；　if　thou　wouldst　live；　no　need　to　rot　in　suicidal　idleness；　or　take　to　platform　preaching；　and　writing　in　Radical　Newspapers；　to　pull　asunder　the　great　Falsity　in　which　thou　and　all　of　us　are　choking。　　The　great　Falsity；　behold　it　has　become；　in　the　very　heart　of　it；　a　great　Truth　of　Truths；　and　invites　thee　and　all　brave　men　to　cooperate　with　it　in　transforming　all　the　body　and　the　joints　into　the　noble　likeness　of　that　heart！　　Thrice…blessed　change。　　The　State　aims；　once　more；　with　a　true　aim；　and　has　loadstars　in　the　eternal　Heaven。　　Struggle　faithfully　for　it；　noble　is　_this_　struggle；　thou　too；　according　to　thy　faculty；　shalt　reap　in　due　time；　if　thou　faint　not。　　Thou　shalt　have　a　wise　command　of　men；　thou　shalt　be　wisely　commanded　by　men；the　summary　of　all　blessedness　for　a　social　creature　here　below。　　The　sore　struggle；　never　to　be　relaxed；　and　not　forgiven　to　any　son　of　man；　is　once　more　a　noble　one；　glory　to　the　Highest；　it　is　now　once　more　a　true　and　noble　one；　wherein　a　man　can　afford　to　die！　　Our　path　is　now　again　Heavenward。　　Forward；　with　steady　pace；　with　drawn　weapons；　and　unconquerable　hearts；　in　the　name　of　God　that　made　us　all！

Wise　obedience　and　wise　command；　I　foresee　that　the　regimenting　of　Pauper　Banditti　into　Soldiers　of　Industry　is　but　the　beginning　of　this　blessed　process；　which　will　extend　to　the　topmost　heights　of　our　Society；　and；　in　the　course　of　generations；　make　us　all　once　more　a　Governed　Commonwealth；　and　_Civitas　Dei_；　if　it　please　God！　　Waste…land　Industrials　succeedingt；　other　kinds　of　Industry；　as　cloth…making；　shoe…making；　plough…making；　spade…making；　house…building；in　the　end；　all　kinds　of　Industry　whatsoever；　will　be　found　capable　of　regimenting。　　Mill…operatives；　all　manner　of　free　operatives；　as　yet　unregimented；　nomadic　under　private　masters；　they；　seeing　such　example　and　its　blessedness；　will　say：　〃Masters；　you　must　regiment　us　a　little；　make　our　interests　with　you　permanent　a　little；　instead　of　temporary　and　nomadic；　we　will　enlist　with　the　State　otherwise！〃　　This　will　go　on；　on　the　one　hand；　while　the　State…operation　goes　on；　on　the　other：　　thus　will　all　Masters　of　Workmen；　private　Captains　of　Industry；　be　forced　to　incessantly　co…operate　with　the　State　and　its　public　Captains；　they　regimenting　in　their　way；　the　State　in　its　way；　with　ever…widening　field；　till　their　fields　_meet_　（so　to　speak）　and　coalesce；　and　there　be　no　unregimented　worker；　or　such　only　as　are　fit　to　remain　unregimented；　any　more。O　my　friends；　I　clearly　perceive　this　horrible　cloaca　of　Pauperism；　wearing　nearly　bottomless　now；　is　the　point　where　we　must　begin。　　Here；　in　this　plainly　unendurable　portion　of　the　general　quagmire；　the　lowest　point　of　all；　and　hateful　even　to　M'Croudy；　must　our　main　drain　begin：