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Of what is refined and what is not, Of what brings pride, does not humiliate, Of what develops and does not spark hate, Does not deter, does not disgust, And penetrates beyond society’s thick outer crust, Of what enjoyment, pleasure brings, Acts as restraint for evil things, Creates a wall beyond which there is only good, Where people act as well as they all should. There comes a time when man is challenged with a subtle test. Those truly great must never conduct sinful rest . They can’t slack off, they mustn’t swear, Can’t spit upon the world and say that they don’t care. They should not do what others do for which they have no taste, Yet there is still a way to choose what’s right with haste. You’ve only to read on. You’ve naught to lose and all to win. And with that said, we ought to move ahead. Let the enlightenment begin! We need to free all man from dogma’s dreaded grip. Off the progressive path we can’t allow ourselves to slip, Contrary to the thoughts of those promoting mankind’s retardation, The advocates of pop, the primitive abomination. Compare a man’s mind to a blade. Would it be polished well by hobos off the streets? In similar ways one’s intellect will fade If it is dulled by monotone metallic beats. Would you not search for masters to your instrument repair, For music that would not your sight nor intellect impair? A learned man, the scientist, will certainly explain What experiments have proven and will prove That Mozart forges dendrites in the brain So information may from one place to another move. And should the reader, as a man of wit, Not facts and knowledge to his cause apply? In a world of good, stagnation does not fit. Develop and pop-culturism deny. And that is when shall Bach come to your aid, Surround your ears with music’s graceful flow. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Bizet shall never fade. From people’s minds shall Haydn never go. They are the geniuses of our race, For they were able to such complex sounds compose. Their music we must in our highest regards place, Or does the popular, uncultured man propose To make the queen of culture Britney Spears? Do the uncultured even realize That each decade the trend of past just disappears? And in two-zero-ten, If anyone remembers their “stars” then, Then those they’ll certainly despise. Encompassed will the masses be By yet another transient fad. Yet in the crown of artists, kings of history, Shall Beethoven and Grieg eternally be clad. And that is why true pleasure comes Not from that, which passes with the days, But in what all civilized man’s heritage becomes. Always the melody of truth and beauty plays, One against which corrupted masses have no power. The masses come and go, but great art stays. So why enjoy the present hour When through all time you can permit your soul to graze? Of course, classical music’s not all pleasure’s end. Enlightened is the artist, writer, culture’s friend. I’m confident that one who is refined will try His interests in art to diversify Until his brain grows so work will become easier than rest. One who creates, who’s been enlightened, is by far the best.
G.
Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent
filosofical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician,
composer, contributor to
Enter Stage Right,
Le Quebecois Libre, and the
Ludwig von Mises Institute,
Senior Writer for
The Liberal Institute, and
Editor-in-Chief of
The Rational Argumentator, a
magazine championing the principles of reason, rights,
and progress. His newest science fiction novel is
Eden against the Colossus.
His latest non-fiction treatise is
A Rational Cosmology. Mr.
Stolyarov can be contacted at
gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com. This TRA feature has been edited in accordance with TRA’s Statement of Policy. Click here to return to TRA's Issue III Index. Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here. Read Mr. Stolyarov's new comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, at http://www.geocities.com/rational_argumentator/rc.html.
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