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published in Fors Clavigera, vol. 8 (Sept. 29, 1880)"Conventional Art" The Two Paths (1859)Fors Claveriga (1877)Fors Claveriga (1871)Fors Claveriga (1876)

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We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibilty of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin (1819–1900), British art critic, author. Modern Painters, vol. 5, pt. 7, ch. 1, sct. 1 (1860).

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