ABSTRACT

Reform has changed the condition of workers in the factories: it has improved our road system, our education, and our methods of administration. In any normal society reform is a continuous process; and even the most radical revolution would not make reform useless, for no conceivable state of society will be so perfect as to need no improvement. The deeper the change, the more important the revolution; and very deep changes have, in fact, occurred in the past but deeper may yet occur in the history of humanity. The real revolution is a transformation of attitude and outlook, expressing itself in new kinds of action. It is necessary, as any worker knows, to glance at the ground under their feet when they are passing through the sheds; but the time comes when they must lift up their eyes to control the machine. It is possible to advocate reform of clothing and revolution in art.