In the meantime, however, it seems worth while at least to mention the most serious defect in the story, which is this. And so, resisting the temptation to wallow in artistic remorse, I prefer to leave both well and ill alone and to think about something Rewrite the book-and in the process of rewriting, as an older, other person, I should probably get rid not only of some of the faults of the story, but also of such Its defects as a work of art are considerable but in order to correct them I should have to That is why this new Brave New World is the same as the old one. One's middle age in trying to mend the artistic sins committed and bequeathed by that different person who was oneself in youth-all this is surely vain and futile. To pore over the literary shortcomings of twenty years ago, to attempt to patch a faulty work into the perfection it missed at its first execution, to spend The badness should be hunted out, acknowledged and, if possible, avoided Remorse,įor example is as undesirable in relation to our bad art as it is in relation to our bad behavior. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.Īrt also has its morality, and many of the rules of this morality are the same as, or at least analogous to, the rules of ordinary ethics.

On no account brood over your wrongdoing. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can andĪddress yourself to the task of behaving better next time. Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is almost undesirable sentiment.

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