The nature of Gothic : a chapter of The stones of Venice (1892)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Morris, William, 1834-1896, Kelmscott Press · Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ; London and Orpington : Published by George Allen · leaf 47
Savageness j^^^^^B^gHIS for two reasons, both based on everlastinglaws.The first, thatno great man ever stops workingtill he has reached his point offailure: that is to say, his mindis always far in advance of hispowers of execution, and the latter will now andthen give way in trying to follow it;…
Architecture, Gothic
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