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Old 05-19-2017, 05:44 AM   #3590
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
John Ruskin - from lectures at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester in 1857.
Quote copied from Project Gutenberg eBook #36541: Unto This Last and other essays on political economy - 1912.

The greater context for that quote is covered quite well in a subsequent paragraph from the same lecture:
Excellent. I couldn't agree more.
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