The Century illustrated monthly magazine . DA UMIER, CA RICA TURIST. 403 i^^ ^^ HONORS DAUMIER. and it is in the art of caricature that they flowermost aggressively. Furthermore, they must bewatered by education,— I mean by the edu-cation of the eye and hand,— all of which takestime. The soil must be rich, too; the incongru-ities must swarm. It is open to doubt whethera pure democracy is very liable to make thisparticular satiric return upon itself; for whichit would seem that certain complications mustnot be wanting. These complications are sup-plied from the moment a democracy becomes,as
The Century illustrated monthly magazine . DA UMIER, CA RICA TURIST. 403 i^^ ^^ HONORS DAUMIER. and it is in the art of caricature that they flowermost aggressively. Furthermore, they must bewatered by education,— I mean by the edu-cation of the eye and hand,— all of which takestime. The soil must be rich, too; the incongru-ities must swarm. It is open to doubt whethera pure democracy is very liable to make thisparticular satiric return upon itself; for whichit would seem that certain complications mustnot be wanting. These complications are sup-plied from the moment a democracy becomes,as we may say, impure, from its own point ofview; from the moment variations and here-sies, deviations, or perhaps simple affirmationsof taste and temper begin to multiply withinit. Such things afford a point dappiii; for itis evidendy of the essence of caricature to bereactionary. We should hasten to add that itssatiric force varies immensely in kind and indegree, according to the race, or to the in-dividual talent, that takes advantage of it. I used just now the term pessimi
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