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Selected Writings

Paperback • 2009 • English

Selected Writings

By John Ruskin

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'To be taught to write or to speak - but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think - nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true.' Ruskin was the most powerful and influential critic of the nineteenth century. He wrote about nature, art, architecture, politics, history, myth, and much besides; all his work is characterized by a clarity of vision as uns...Show more

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9780199539246

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OUP Oxford

Published year

2009

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English

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Selected Writings

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Paperback

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