The digressions of V., written for his own fun and that of his friends (1910)
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. · leaf 463
f Ruskin, and it is strange — or has been in my experience— how unsatisfactory that teaching turned out. I was deeplyaffected by it myself; Stillman used to avow it had been his artis-tic ruin ; and Hotchkiss, when I met him again after the War, inmy second return to Europe, vented his indignation… … PORTRAIT OF A MODEL HOTCHKISS 421 to the readers and practical followers of Ruskin. I know to theliterary mind Ruskins language is beautifully convincing andsufficient, and to the moral mindhis real goodness turns aside thequestion into a moral question.Again I must say it is strangeto see how in…
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Artists
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