John Ruskin; a sketch of his life, his work, and his opinions, with personal reminiscences (1900)
Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), 1858-1948, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott · leaf 104
ForPalmerston gently remonstrated with him ;Gladstone hotly argued, and Disraeli cyni-cally chaffed him: but Ruskin held on—theprecise attitude that might have been expectedfrom the character and dispositions of the fourmen. On this subject he remained firm ; mypolitical teaching, he said, has… … JOHN RUSK IN, 1866. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY ELLIOTT A 1 RY. HIS VIEW OF THINGS. 99 milkmaids cannot make butter, nor her black-smiths bayonets. Ardent in all things, he was an ardent,though inactive, politician ; but he was stronglyopposed to government by party, being con-vinced that the ablest men…
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