Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Fors Clavigera, II
Excerpts from John Ruskin, Fors Clavigera, Letter II (February 1, 1871):
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"Employers." It is a noble title. If, indeed, they have found you idle, and given you employment, wisely,— let us no more call them mere "Men" of Business, but rather "Angels" of Business: quite the best sort of Guardian Angel.
Yet are you sure it is necessary, absolutely, to look to superior natures for employment? Is it inconceivable that you should employ—yourselves?
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The labour producing no useful result was demoralizing. All such labour is.
The labour producing useful result was educational in its influence on the temper. All such labour is.
