Richmond, W. B. (William Blake), Sir, 1842-1921 · London : Macmillan · leaf 317
zation upon the lines ofthe old, and without destruction, one which shall build up,not destroy, add, not take away, and in the highest sense enrichand not impoverish a people whose past is the admirationof the whole world.^ Italy after Greece has been the great 1 The people who are the real… … Country Walks and Drives civilizing power. Germany is now given over to barbarismand has shown that her culture is only a veneer to conceala rotten core. Italy has given to western Europe pretty muchall it knows about art, and in science she was a pioneer, andif she does not stand as high as she…
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