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Inability to distinguish between degrees of clarity: to lickthe penumbra and float in the big mouth filled withhoney and excrement. Measured by the scale ofeternity, all activity is vain - (if we allow thought toengage in an adventure the result of which would beinfinitely grotesque and add significantly to ourknowledge of human impotence). But supposing life tobe a poor farce, without aim or initial parturition, andbecause we think it our duty to extricate ourselves asfresh and clean as washed chrysanthemums, we haveproclaimed as the sole basis for agreement: art. It is notas important as we, mercenaries of the spirit, have beenproclaiming for centuries.