Still，Ihaveoftenspokeninpraiseofculture，Ihavestriventomakeallmyworksandwaysservetheinterestsofculture。ItakeculturetobesomethingagreatdealmorethanwhatMr。FredericHarrisonandotherscallit：’adesirablequalityinacriticofnewbooks。’Nay，eventhoughtoacertainextentIamdisposedtoagreewithMr。FredericHarrison，thatmenofculturearejusttheclassofresponsiblebeingsinthiscommunityofourswhocannotproperly，atpresent，beentrustedwithpower，IamnotsurethatIdonotthinkthisthefaultofourcommunityratherthanofthemenofculture。Inshort，although，likeMr。BrightandMr。FredericHarrison，andtheeditoroftheDailyTelegraph，andalargebodyofvaluedfriendsofmine，IamaLiberal，yetIamaLiberaltemperedbyexperience，reflexion，andrenouncement，andIam，aboveall，abelieverinculture。ThereforeIproposenowtotryandenquire，inthesimpleunsystematicwaywhichbestsuitsbothmytasteandmypowers，whatculturereallyis，whatgooditcando，whatisourownspecialneedofit；andIshallseektofindsomeplaingroundsonwhichafaithinculture，——bothmyownfaithinitandthefaithofothers，——mayrestsecurely。UTEL：CultureandAnarchyCHAPTERI。
SWEETNESSANDLIGHT
1Thedisparagersofculturemakeitsmotivecuriosity；
sometimes，indeed，theymakeitsmotivemereexclusivenessandvanity。
TheculturewhichissupposedtoplumeitselfonasmatteringofGreekandLatinisaculturewhichisbegottenbynothingsointellectualascuriosity；itisvaluedeitheroutofsheervanityandignorance，orelseasanengineofsocialandclassdistinction，separatingitsholder，likeabadgeortitle，fromotherpeoplewhohavenotgotit。Noseriousmanwouldcallthisculture，orattachanyvaluetoit，asculture，atall。Tofindtherealgroundfortheverydifferingestimatewhichseriouspeoplewillsetuponculture，wemustfindsomemotiveforcultureinthetermsofwhichmayliearealambiguity；andsuchamotivethewordcuriositygivesus。