Herespectsmyresponsibilitynoless——thoughherespectsitlessexplicitly——thanIdohis。Whatheallowsmewouldnotbegrantedbyameanermaster。Ifhedoesnotholdhimselfboundtoprovehisowntruth，hereturnsthanksformytrust。Itisasthoughheusedhiscountrymen’scourteoushyperboleandcalledhishousemyown。
Inasenseofthemostnoblehostshiphedoesmethehonoursofhispicture。
BecauseImpressionismissofree，thereforeisitdoublybound。
Becausethereisnonetoarraignit，itisathousandtimesresponsible。Toundertakethisartforthesakeofitsprivilegeswithoutconfessingitsobligations——oratleastwithoutconfessingthemuptothepointofhonour——istotakeavulgarfreedom：toseeimmunitiespreciselywherethereareduties，andanadvantagewherethereisabond。AverymobofmenhavetakenImpressionismuponthemselvesinthisourlaterday。Itisagainstallprobabilitiesthatmorethanafewamongthesehavewithinthemthepointofhonour。Intheirgallerieswearebesetwithadimdistrust。Andtodistrustismorehumiliatingthantobedistrusted。Howmanyoftheselandscape-painters，deliberatelyrash，arepaintingthetruthoftheirownimpressions？Anethicalquestionastoloyaltyiseasilyanswered；truthandfalsehoodastofactare，happilyfortheintelligenceofthecommonconscience，nothardtodivide。ButwhentheDUBIUMconcernsnotfactbutartistictruth，canthemanybesurethattheirsensitiveness，theircandour，theirscruple，theirdelicateequipoiseofperceptions，thevigilanceoftheirapprehension，areenough？NowImpressionistsoflatehavetoldusthingsastotheirimpressions——astotheeffectofthingsuponthetemperamentofthismananduponthemoodofthat——whichshouldnotbeassertedexceptontheartisticpointofhonour。Themajoritycantellordinarytruth，buttheyshouldnottrustthemselvesfortruthextraordinary。Theycanfacethegeneraljudgment，buttheyshouldhesitatetoproduceworkthatappealstothelastjudgment，whichisthejudgmentwithin。Thereistoomuchreasontodivinethatacertainnumberofthosewhoaspiretoderivefromthegreatestofmastershavenotemperamentsworthspeakingof，nopointofviewworthseizing，novigilanceworthawaiting，nomoodworthwaylaying。Andtobe，departipris，anImpressionistwithoutthese！OVelasquez！Norisliteraturequitefreefromalikereproachinherownthings。Anauthor，hereandthere，willmakeasthoughhehadawordworthhearing——nay，worthover-hearing——awordthatseekstowithdrawevenwhileitisuttered；andyetwhatitseemstodissembleisalltooprobablyaplatitude。Butobviously，literatureisnot——asisthecraftandmysteryofpainting——soatthemercyofahalf-imposture，soguardedbyunprovablehonour。Fortheartofpaintingisreservedthatshadowyrisk，thatundefinedsalvation。MaythegodsguardusfromthefurtherpopularisingofImpressionism；forthepointofhonouristhesimplesecretofthefew。
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