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One cannot gather grapes ot" thorns ; you cannot in
the long run get something for nothing. Do not let us
pretend that it is possible. If our ideal is one of purely
material prosperity, and we have no time for music or the
-arts, let us have done with them altogether; but if we
think that music and the arts belong to the most signifi-
•cant, the most real part of our lives, let us cherish them
accordingly. Let us decide ; but in either ease do not let
us pretend that the harmonium and the gramophone are
compensations for Indian nrusic. It is not possible for
^inything to. be a compensation for the loss of Indian
music.