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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Meccania - The Super-State - -Author: Owen Gregory - -Release Date: October 30, 2013 [EBook #44074] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MECCANIA *** - - - - -Produced by eagkw, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44074 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"> <img id="coverpage" src="images/cover.jpg" width="500" height="753" alt="" /> @@ -327,7 +287,7 @@ politics. At length, after we had finished a bottle of wine and a liqueur or two, he remarked that of all the countries he had visited in Western Europe he had been most impressed by Meccania. -(He pronounced the word ‘<i lang="und" xml:lang="und">Mek-kah´-nia</i>.’)</p> +(He pronounced the word ‘<i lang="und" xml:lang="und">Mek-kah´-nia</i>.’)</p> <p>My knowledge of Geography is not complete, I admit, but I thought I knew all the countries of @@ -949,7 +909,7 @@ to Foreign Observers</cite>, in three volumes; a <cite>History of<span class="pa the Development of Town Planning</cite>, in five volumes; a treatise on <cite>Sewage</cite>, in two volumes; a series of Reports on the various Municipal Departments of -Bridgetown; an <cite>Encyclopædia of Building</cite>; and a +Bridgetown; an <cite>Encyclopædia of Building</cite>; and a few other works equally interesting. I took away a volume, hardly noticing what it was, intending to use it only as a means of inducing sleep, which it @@ -1212,7 +1172,7 @@ from a guide-book, “the first consists of the highest aristocracy, military and civil; the second, of the military and naval officers, all of noble birth; the third, of the highest mercantile class with an income -of £5000 a year and the officials of the first grade +of £5000 a year and the officials of the first grade in the Imperial civil service; the fourth, of the officials of the civil service of lower grades and the bulk of the professional classes; the fifth, of the @@ -1253,7 +1213,7 @@ supply the only touch of the picturesque in Bridgetown, for, judging by my first day’s impressions of the town, I should imagine that the authorities responsible for rebuilding it have swept away every -vestige of the tiny mediæval city which once +vestige of the tiny mediæval city which once existed on this spot and have replaced it by a perfectly uniform piece of Meccanian town-planning. In such a setting these uniforms strike one at first @@ -1298,7 +1258,7 @@ almost enthusiastic over this exhibition of Meccanian Art. All these decorations, he said, had been executed by the students of the Bridgetown Art School. I was not altogether surprised to hear -this; there was something so very naïve and obvious +this; there was something so very naïve and obvious about the whole idea.</p> <p>We next saw the municipal slaughter-houses, @@ -1713,7 +1673,7 @@ once more that I had chosen Tour No. 1. We could only spare half a day at most for this important department. Here, again, I can only note a few of the unusual features of the system,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -as explained to me by my encyclopædic conductor. +as explained to me by my encyclopædic conductor. We saw no schools except on the outside, but I noticed the children going to and from school. They all marched in step, in twos or fours, like @@ -1906,7 +1866,7 @@ of Culture to conquer?”</p> <p>“An investigation is going on at the present time into the interesting question of individual taste,” he answered. “It is being conducted by -the Æsthetic Section of the Department, but they +the Æsthetic Section of the Department, but they have not yet reported.”</p> <p>Where everything is so completely regulated it is @@ -2254,7 +2214,7 @@ Conductor Sheep’s diary, although we had been together the whole week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. I should have to make out a fresh diary with the assistance of Conductor Sheep, and -pay a fine of £1. The charge of falsifying my +pay a fine of £1. The charge of falsifying my diary would not be made, in view of my colossal ignorance; the charge would be reduced to that of negligence to verify particulars. Conductor @@ -2664,7 +2624,7 @@ They want to roam about without any system or method at all. They want to see an Art Gallery one day, and a manufactory the next; or even on the same day. Then they want to see a natural -history museum on the same day as an archæological +history museum on the same day as an archæological museum; they will fly from pottery to pictures, and from geology to botany. Why, I was taking one of them through our great museum illustrative @@ -2734,7 +2694,7 @@ city seemed to remain.</p> <p>Prigge appeared rather pleased. “That is an instance of the superiority of our culture,” he remarked. “All the other capitals of Europe,” he -said, “still preserve the plan of the mediæval +said, “still preserve the plan of the mediæval city, in the central parts at least. And the central parts are the most important. The authorities profess to have preserved them because of their @@ -2933,12 +2893,12 @@ partly to the Higher Bourgeoisie of other countries, but it also includes several more important elements. It comprises the richer merchants and manufacturers, who must possess an income of at least -£5000 a year; the first class of Civil servants, the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> +£5000 a year; the first class of Civil servants, the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> Higher Clergy, those University Professors who have held their posts for ten years and are approved by the Ministry of Culture, landed proprietors who are District Councillors and Magistrates, and all Fund-holders -with an income of £10,000 a year.</p> +with an income of £10,000 a year.</p> <p>“The Second Class is the military class. It includes all officers, who must be of noble birth. @@ -2988,7 +2948,7 @@ highly successful, perhaps makes some valuable discovery which enriches him. How does he obtain admission to the Third Class?”</p> -<p>“He must have an income of at least £5000 a +<p>“He must have an income of at least £5000 a year, and he must have performed some service to the State,” answered Prigge promptly.</p> @@ -3532,10 +3492,10 @@ should be unaware of its operations.</p> <p>There have been instances in history, he wrote in one of his letters, in which a Government has been overturned in a single day. How? By a -perfectly planned <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coup d’état</i>. What can be accomplished +perfectly planned <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coup d’état</i>. What can be accomplished on a single occasion can be done as a part<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> of the regular working of the State Machinery. -Our Super-State must be capable of a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coup d’état</i> +Our Super-State must be capable of a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coup d’état</i> every day. Those of his friends who did not see the necessity for his reforms he silenced by showing them that if they did not capture the State the Social @@ -3773,7 +3733,7 @@ it effects; and it has other far-reaching effects on the whole social and economic life of the nation. In the first place, in the matter of material production, in every trade and occupation it enables us -to speed-up scientifically. An increase of 1½ per +to speed-up scientifically. An increase of 1½ per cent in the productiveness of the four main industries alone would more than pay all the expenses of the Time Department. We have increased productiveness @@ -4310,7 +4270,7 @@ do you mean exactly?” I asked.</p> had titles, it is true, but these titles were mere<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> names of persons, or mere names of places or incidents. What, for instance, can you make of -a title such as <cite>Julius Cæsar</cite>? or <cite>The Emperor of +a title such as <cite>Julius Cæsar</cite>? or <cite>The Emperor of the East</cite>? or <cite>Catherine</cite>? or <cite>The Tyrant of Genoa</cite>? or <cite>The Crime of Boniface</cite>? If you are acquainted with the development of the drama, you will know @@ -4658,7 +4618,7 @@ our inspection of the pictures there were certain preliminaries.</p> <p>The Great Meccanian Gallery, he said, was the -temple of all that was sacred in the æsthetic world. +temple of all that was sacred in the æsthetic world. I must be properly prepared for it, so that I could concentrate my attention upon what I saw and not be distracted by having to ask questions about @@ -4685,10 +4645,10 @@ of Art of the Department of Culture. Consequently, as soon as you enter you are in the atmosphere of pure Meccanian Art. Previous to the creation of this gallery, the influence of Art was rather -de-nationalising. The æsthetic sense was cultivated +de-nationalising. The æsthetic sense was cultivated in total ignorance of the possibility of marrying it to the Meccanian spirit. The Meccanian spirit is -the active, creative male; the æsthetic sense is +the active, creative male; the æsthetic sense is receptive, conceptive, essentially female. Of the two, Meccanian Art is born.”</p> @@ -4718,7 +4678,7 @@ taught that the Meccanian spirit must embody itself in institutions or it would evaporate. The Imperial Meccanian Academy is the visible embodiment of the highest manifestation of the Meccanian -æsthetic spirit. All Meccanian artists are trained +æsthetic spirit. All Meccanian artists are trained under the influence of the Academy. Its judgment, as expressed by the Central Board, is infallible. None of its decisions has ever been reversed. I do @@ -4854,7 +4814,7 @@ quality of the brush stroke. It has been already ascertained that in this picture there are 5232 down-strokes of an average length of 3 millimetres, 1079 strokes from right to left of an average -length of 1½ millimetre, only 490 from left to right, +length of 1½ millimetre, only 490 from left to right, and 72 upward strokes. The same proportion of strokes has been discovered in several other pictures by the same artist, according to the size @@ -5315,7 +5275,7 @@ intelligence. In our schools—and here you perceive one of the perfections of our educational system—our teachers are trained to detect the signs of the innate capacity of each child, and to classify it -appropriately. In 79½ per cent of cases, as you +appropriately. In 79½ per cent of cases, as you will see from the last report of the Industrial Training Section of the Department of Industry and Commerce, the careers of boys are determined before @@ -6309,7 +6269,7 @@ conversation with Lickrod. If all Meccanians, or even a majority, took the same view of the State that he did, there could be no limit to the functions of the State. He seemed to claim for it all the -moral authority of the Mediæval Church, and although +moral authority of the Mediæval Church, and although in other countries theories are put forward for academic discussion without having much influence upon practical politics, in Meccania the @@ -6462,7 +6422,7 @@ entirely behind. We have our Literary Gazettes to keep the public informed about all the recent publications. We have our Quarterly Records for every department of knowledge. If you want the -latest contributions to history or archæology, +latest contributions to history or archæology, philology, ethnology, or anthropology, you know where to go for them. Everything is done by experts, and we do not go to the trouble of printing @@ -6638,7 +6598,7 @@ education and scientific statesmanship.”</p> <p>“Excuse my putting the question so bluntly,” I said, “but it seems to me that the principles you have put forward would justify even a revival of -an institution known in mediæval times, and even +an institution known in mediæval times, and even later, as the Inquisition. I suppose there is no institution corresponding to that in Meccania?”</p> @@ -7319,7 +7279,7 @@ Blobber, one of the persons to whom I had a letter<span class="pagenum"><a name= of introduction. He lived in a very pleasant villa in the Third Quarter, and as it was the first time I had had an opportunity of seeing the interior -of any private <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">ménage</i>, I was naturally rather +of any private <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">ménage</i>, I was naturally rather curious to observe everything in the house. The door was opened by a servant in a livery of grey. The hall was spotlessly clean, and decorated in @@ -7612,7 +7572,7 @@ badge to indicate that he was now in the Civil Service, although of course he had served as an officer in the army. His wife was apparently dining elsewhere, for I saw no sign of her, and we -dined <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à-tête</i> in a small apartment in his large +dined <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à -tête</i> in a small apartment in his large mansion in the Second Quarter. He was much more a man of the world than the others I had met, and in his manners resembled the men of good family @@ -8585,7 +8545,7 @@ to carry out research.”</p> experimented upon,” he remarked significantly. “Besides, if a man is already suffering from an incurable disease, what does it matter? Of course, -we use anæsthetics, wherever possible at least; +we use anæsthetics, wherever possible at least; that goes without saying.”</p> <p>After dinner we drank wine for a little time, seated @@ -9252,7 +9212,7 @@ as glass and the car made no noise, so we could converse without raising our voices. Kwang observed that if I wished to stay in Meccania there was only one way of getting behind the screen, -and that was to become a convert. The rôle of a +and that was to become a convert. The rôle of a convert, however, was becoming more difficult to play. He had lately begun to suspect that he was being watched, or at any rate that one or two @@ -9713,7 +9673,7 @@ with my parents in one of the old-fashioned parts of Meccania. My father was a well-to-do merchant who had travelled a good deal. He was something of a scholar too, and took interest in art and -archæology, and as I, who was his youngest son, +archæology, and as I, who was his youngest son, gave signs of similar tastes, he took me abroad with him several times. This made a break in my schooling, and although I probably learnt more @@ -9772,7 +9732,7 @@ any kind, and when I proposed to devote some years to following up the work that my father had planned for himself, but had never been able to carry out, he gave his consent. We had just -planned a long archæological tour in Francaria +planned a long archæological tour in Francaria when the great war broke out.”</p> <p>“I shall never forget the state of agitation into @@ -10070,7 +10030,7 @@ NEVER AGAIN</h2> some weeks after, in Prisa. He had begun to suspect that one or two persons in the Foreign Department had guessed the nature of the -rôle he had been playing. There was practically +rôle he had been playing. There was practically no evidence against him, because all the information he had obtained, and it was a great deal, had been furnished to him willingly by the Meccanian Government @@ -10103,7 +10063,7 @@ before issuing the certificate of absolution as it was called—a certificate which all foreigners must obtain before the issue of the ticket authorising them to be conveyed across the frontier. There -would be a charge of £1 for the extra trouble +would be a charge of £1 for the extra trouble involved. One little difficulty had not occurred to me: there might not be a conveyance to Graves, via Bridgetown, for several days—perhaps not @@ -10123,7 +10083,7 @@ on the afternoon of the same day, and this turned<span class="pagenum"><a name=" out to be almost a formality. Dr. Pincher was much more polite, and much less exacting, than on a former occasion. Clearly the influence of -Kwang—for I was now regarded as a sort of protégé +Kwang—for I was now regarded as a sort of protégé of his—was evident in all this. Altogether my exit was made quite pleasant, and I almost began to regret my precipitancy, but when I reflected @@ -10148,7 +10108,7 @@ which no book could have given me. That impression was the most valuable result of my tour, but it seemed unlikely that a further stay would do anything more than deepen it. For unless I -were prepared to play the rôle that Kwang had +were prepared to play the rôle that Kwang had played I was not likely to learn anything the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[292]</a></span> Meccanian Government did not wish me to learn, and, however much I might be sustained by my @@ -10203,7 +10163,7 @@ standing in groups near the theatres. There were tram-cars and omnibuses and all sorts of vehicles jostling in the central part of the town. A little later I saw people streaming out from a popular -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">matinée</i>. There were old men selling the first +<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">matinée</i>. There were old men selling the first issues of the evening papers, and crying some sensational news which was not of the slightest importance but which somehow seemed good fun.</p> @@ -10223,7 +10183,7 @@ future-Meccanians. There were old women selling flowers. I wondered if they were poor; they looked fat and happy at any rate, and they were free to sell flowers or do anything else they liked. I turned -into a café. A little band was playing some +into a café. A little band was playing some rollicking frivolous music that I recognised. I remembered some of my former friends making sarcastic remarks about this kind of music. It @@ -10247,7 +10207,7 @@ to preserve the appearance of age. At another time I should probably have thought the town rather dull and uninteresting, for there was nothing noteworthy about it. If there had once been any genuine -mediæval churches or guild halls or places of +mediæval churches or guild halls or places of architectural interest they must have been destroyed, yet I discovered a strange joy and delight in everything I saw.</p> @@ -10307,7 +10267,7 @@ canisters representing absurd Chinamen and Hindoo coolies. The clothing shops were full of the latest fashions, although this was a small provincial town;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[297]</a></span> and very dainty and charming they looked. Then -there were antique shops and bric-à-brac shops, +there were antique shops and bric-à -brac shops, print shops and jewellers’ shops. I could have spent days wandering about like a child at a fair. I had never realised before that the meanest @@ -10327,7 +10287,7 @@ seen before in Europe—fragments of bygone ages mixed up with the latest devices in farm buildings and model cottages; churches built in the twelfth century and post offices built in the twentieth; -mediæval barns and modern factories. At length +mediæval barns and modern factories. At length we reached Prisa, which needs no description from me.</p> @@ -10392,384 +10352,7 @@ independent professions)<br /> and hyphenation.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Meccania, by Owen Gregory - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MECCANIA *** - -***** This file should be named 44074-h.htm or 44074-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/0/7/44074/ - -Produced by eagkw, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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