John Ruskin/middle Life 1847-1869/the Pre-raphaelites

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    “Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “There was a little girl, she had a little curl
    Right in the middle of her forehead;
    And when she was good, she was very, very good,
    And when she was bad, she was horrid.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. There Was a Little Girl (attributed to Mother Goose)

    “Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.”
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)