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beings endowed with the same emotions as 

 those of the leisured classes. 



At three other handicraft centres, at 

 Campden in Gloucestershire, at Haslemere 

 and Compton in Surrey, we get, perhaps, the 

 most interesting group of craftsmen in England. 

 But here again we find that the groups of 

 workers are chiefly composed of one sex. At 

 Campden they are men, at Compton they are 

 men and lads, and at Haslemere they are 

 chiefly women. 



Of these three centres Campden is the 

 most compelling. Here we find a group of 

 town craftsmen, who by migrating from 

 London, work in an old silk mill at their 

 various skilled crafts, and when trade is slack 

 labour on the 77 acres of land which they 

 have acquired amid the Cotswolds. It is the 

 most striking example of the workshop plus 

 the land movement. And it is not only the 

 career of these town craftsmen that this micjra- 

 tion affects, but also the future career of 

 many a young countryman brought into 

 contact with men endowed with an artistic, 

 creative energy. 



"It is the constant perception of beauty 

 that is an amulet against the coarsening effect 



