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EngMS_1254_123.pdf

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English MS 1254/123

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English MS 1254/123

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John Ruskin Papers

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Miscellaneous Letters I (1842-1887)

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Miscellaneous Letters I (1842-1887)

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Letter from John Ruskin to Arthur Helps

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Letter from John Ruskin to Arthur Helps

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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1873-02-22

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1873-02-22

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Letter to Arthur Helps discussing three lectures on birds that Ruskin will give in Oxford later in the month - on robins, swallows and crows. He states that it is his belief that '...;all practical things are absurd - teach children to love and look at animals. All practice will follow.' He comments on the writings of Barrow [possibly Rev. Edwin Pinder Barrow, b.1844, who later wrote Recollections of John Ruskin at Oxford] and asserts that his ideas only make sense if his first sentence is exchanged for his last. Ruskin also expresses a preference for dogs rather than cats in this letter, enjoying their 'human' qualities.

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Letter to Arthur Helps discussing three lectures on birds that Ruskin will give in Oxford later in the month - on robins, swallows and crows. He states that it is his belief that '...;all practical things are absurd - teach children to love and look at animals. All practice will follow.' He comments on the writings of Barrow [possibly Rev. Edwin Pinder Barrow, b.1844, who later wrote Recollections of John Ruskin at Oxford] and asserts that his ideas only make sense if his first sentence is exchanged for his last. Ruskin also expresses a preference for dogs rather than cats in this letter, enjoying their 'human' qualities.

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English

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