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“Other men used their effete faiths and mean faculties with a high moral purpose. The Venetian gave the most earnest faith, and the lordliest faculty, to gild the shadows of an antechamber, or heighten the splendours of a holiday.”

Book:Pt. 6-9 of leaf beauty. of cloud beauty. of ideas of relation

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Pt. 6-9 of leaf beauty. of cloud beauty. of ideas of relation

The series Pt. 6-9 of leaf beauty. of cloud beauty. of ideas of relation is a philosophical and artistic exploration that examines the aesthetic qualities of nature, particularly leaves and clouds, and the complex nature of human relationships. The book is a collection of essays or narratives that reflect on the beauty found in the natural world and its connection to human emotions and experiences. more

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John Ruskin

John Ruskin was an influential British art critic, writer, and social critic. Known for his profound insights into art, architecture, and social issues, he had a significant impact on the aesthetics and culture of the Victorian era. more

“We shall be remembered in history as the most cruel, and therefore the most unwise, generation of men that ever yet troubled the earth: the most cruel in proportion to their sensibility, the most unwise in proportion to their science. No people, understanding pain, ever inflicted so much: no people, understanding facts, ever acted on them so little.”

People Men Littles Facts Earth Pain Understanding Generations Remembered Proportion Sensibility Unwise

Book:The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford in Lent Term, 1872

Source: The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford in Lent Term, 1872

“What do you suppose makes all men look back to the time of childhood with so much regret (if their childhood has been, in any moderate degree, healthy or peaceful)? That rich charm, which the least possession had for us, was in consequence of the poorness of our treasures.”

Ifs Men Looks Has Beens Rich Childhood Regret Healthy Degrees Consequence Possession Treasure Peaceful Charm Moderates

Book:Two paths. Lectures on art, delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870. Aratra Pentelici. Time and tide. Pre-Raphaelitism. The eagle's nest. King of the Golden River. The relation between Michael Angelo and Tintoret

Source: Two paths. Lectures on art, delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870. Aratra Pentelici. Time and tide. Pre-Raphaelitism. The eagle's nest. King of the Golden River. The relation between Michael Angelo and Tintoret

“Ignorance, which is contented and clumsy, will produce what is imperfect, but not offensive. But ignorance dis contented and dexterous, learning what it cannot understand, and imitating what it cannot enjoy, produces the most loathsome forms of manufacture that can disgrace or mislead humanity.”

Form Humanity Enjoy Produce Ignorance Imperfect Offensive Disgrace Mislead Clumsy Imitating

Book:The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford in Lent Term, 1872

Source: The Eagle's Nest: Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art, Given Before the University of Oxford in Lent Term, 1872

“If you want to work for the kingdom of God, and to bring it, and enter into it, there is just one condition to be first accepted. You must enter into it as children, or not at all.”

Ifs Want Firsts Children Conditions Accepted Kingdoms Just One Kingdom Of God

Author:John Ruskin

“Levi's station in life was the receipt of custom; and Peter's, the shore of Galilee; and Paul's, the antechambers of the High- Priest, which "station in life" each had to leave, with brief notice.”

Priests Stations Customs Shore Peter Receipts Levi's

Book:Works. (Author's Ed.)

Source: Works. (Author's Ed.)

“He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth they, and they only.”