And in any case the Bohemian, the vagabond, whether beloved or not, gradually becomes to some extent a welcome or unwelcome symbol of that ‘spiritual side of life’. This was achieved partially by a negative process: that is to say, in so far as the Bohemian seemed to reject the conventions of a money-making society it had to be assumed that he was motivated by some immaterial inspiration which might be either divine or devilish.