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poet and urged others to think so too, his critical judgment would be wrong. If wrong in many other matters, it would soon be recognized as unsound by everybody and discounted. Ultimately, nothing is good which is not sound or true or right. Christ was listened to by multitudes and has been quoted ever since, not merely because of his choice language, but because of the choice truths his language expressed. One never has the moral right to be wrong. It is always a conversationalist's duty to promote the true, the just, the beautiful. A person who has not done any real studying and thinking upon artistic matters is not justified in assuming that he knows anything worth while on such topics. He should, therefore, instead of promulgating his ideas, listen and ask and learn. It is just as certainly evil, if not as immediately disastrous, for a person to promote false ideas and attitudes in cultural matters as it is for a doctor to recommend poisonous prescriptions. |
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