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189: “One of the Loveliest Scenes in England–and, therefore, the World.”

Posted on August 11, 2020 by jimspates

Good Folks, During the last part of his great lecture, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” delivered at Rusholme Town Hall near Manchester in December, 1864, Ruskin used, to illustrate his principal point–that the elites of England had abrogated their responsibility by not … Continue reading →

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