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Classedas as Self-Forgetfulness Self Forgetfulness - One of the last arts to mature m'lture mlture mgture ' In to Ina toa Ina a soung young oung society Is the art nrt of con convers'ltlon convers'ition conversation vers'ltlon versltlon vers'ition versition ' At Its best bc be t , , COll contieisatlon convcisatlonIs contieisatlonIs ' elsatlon elsatlonIs Is a kind of Impromptu orchestra orchestra.each orchestraeach . , each player Impro Improvising Improtiising , IsIng In perfect perfectharmony perfectharmony perfectharmony harmony , , , time and tune , , tossing the thetheme thetheme thetheme theme from Instrument to Instru Instrument instrumeat Instrumcnt ment meat , the themes de developing dercloping , eloplDg and andchanIng andchanging andchanging chanIng changing : ; , discarded dlsc.lrded dlsclrded drscdrded . . or rc resumed umed at atthe atthe atthe the capiice c'lpllce clpllce cipiice ' of the players This ot of otcourse ofcourse ofcourse course presupposes that thnt the sUbject subjectof of the conversation conversatlOn be Impersonal Impersonalthat , , that It be free to range pretty prltty patty much muchover muchover muchover over the " whole "hole hole Held field of ot human expe expe- experIence experlence experience - - rience rlence Such con com conversation ersatlon Is first firstmet firstmet firstmet met with In the form of shop talk talkand talkand talkand and the icason eason season 1 shop shop-talk shop talk shop-t'llk t'llk tllk - - t'dk tdk ' ' among peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe of or the same Interests or profes professlon profession professlon slon sion In ( ( In which Is Included school schoolstudies schoolstudies schoolstudies studies ) Is so popular may mav be that thatbere thathere thathere bere here , , perliaps perlmps perhaps for the first time , , we weIc'trn welearn welearn Ic'trn Ictrn learn ' how ho\v ho v \ delightful delghttul ) It can cnn be to ex exerc1se exercise exerclse erc1se ercise our minds In company with withothers withothers withothers others to the total tot11 tot'il totil ' e exclusion .clusloll clusloll : > . and for- for forgetrulness forgetfulness for-getfulness for getfulness - getrulness getfulness of our tiresome selves selves.Tint selvesTint . . Th'lt Thlt That ' Is why students talk t11k < ; so 0 e'1gcrly e1gcrly eagerly eagerlyabout e'1gcrlyabout eagerlyabout ' about their scliool school tasks , why busi busi- bust- bust business bustness business - ness and piofesslomi plofesslon11 professlon'sl professlonsl ' people so mad - den Innocent by sitters with "llh llh wlth " tech technlc'll technical technical nlc'll nlcll nical ' discussions of ot the minutiae mIDutlue ot of ottheir oftheir oftheir their trades tr1des tr'ides trides ' ; ; " why "hy hy shy artists , , musIcIans musIcIansnnd musiciansand musiciansand nnd and scholars persecute the pubUc public pubUcwith publicwith publicwith with their passionate p'lsslonate plsslonate ' dissertations dissertations.But dissertationsBut . But there Is a stage beyond this this this.where thiswhere , . , where human Interests are broad broadenough broadenough broadenough enough and deep enough to embrace embraceeverybody embraceeverybody embraceeverybody everybody , where the " whole "hole hole of ot ex experlence experlence expcrlcnce perlence Is the subject ' Cle Clever Cleser , er but undlscrimlnating undiscriminating , " "undiscriminating "un un "undiscrIminating "undiscriminating undiscriminating " discrIminating because the past p1st pest Is Isnot isnot Isnot not alive allve to them " "nlghbrow'l nlghbrowl "Highbrow Highbrow "nlghbrow'lAnything "HighbrowAnything HighbrowAnything " ? ' Anything ntlier r1.tl1er r1tl1er rather . than that thati I ItIus l-this l this ' -tIus tIus - this Is Isa isa Isa a good naturcd natured appraisal of how our oursophIsticated oursophisticated oursophisticated sophIsticated New Yorkers Yorlers , make It Itappear Itappear Itappear appear to Europeans uropeans The objection objectionto to them Is that they do not know knowenough knowenough knowenough enough , either about the past or ortheir ortheir ortheir their own country . But the condition condl condi condltlon condltlon tlon tion Is temporary temporar A passion for forle'lrninJ forlearning forlearning le'lrninJ lelrninJ learning ' has spuing splung sprung up In our land landsince landsince landsince since the war W3f which , gn given en time timeshould , , should turn out a crop of ot men and andwomen andwomen andwomen women able to Interpret America to toLUlOpC toIuiope toEuiopc LUlOpC Iuiope : as It reallv really I Is , , , and not as a aglorified aglorified aglorified glorified Wisecracklana Wlsecrnchhna 1Vlsecrackigna . . After the thefire thefire thefire fire of the Woild WOlld World " war "ar ar , , after the thewhirlwlDd thewhirlwind thewhirlwind whirlwlDd whirlwind of or the Jazz Jan decade dcc'lde dcclde decide ' , after afterthe afterthe afterthe the earthquake e3rthqu'1le e3rthqu1le eartliquike ' , of the economic de depres depression deprcs&lon deprcslon pres pression & lon cometh the still small voice voiceof voiceof voiceof of the spirit - = ' ' Uncle Dudley , " in the theBoston theBoston theBoston Boston Globe Globc . |
