Curious turn of mind the mechanical instinct is!" "It is one with which I have no sympathy.

It is generally subject to the delusion that it has a monopoly of utility.

Your mechanic hates art; pelts it with lumps of iron; and strives to extinguish it beneath all the hard and ugly facts of existence.

On the other hand, your artist instinctively hates machinery.

I fear I am an artist." "I dont think you are quite right there, Sholto.No.Look at the steam engine, the electric telegraph, the--the other inventions of the century.