John Ruskin on Soulful Imperfection
— “To banish imperfection is to destroy expression” —
Throughout the whole second half of the nineteenth century “to read [John] Ruskin
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Trust Thyself
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Time For Everything
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The British writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was a contemporary and acquaintance of the most
