| Show A GREAT TEACHER knew how to L lead ead th the e child you nouh th and nd mature man and woman r what a teacher ruskin wasl wag lie gave himself to those who came entering keenly into tho the young delight in the perception of new truths and be beauty euty knowing how to take the learner stop by stop step as he saw the way ahead ile he charmed all with his hi inimitable style eyen even when ho he spoke to the humblest in the guild of 0 st george to the sensitive impressionable nature of childhood he came with a flood of 0 artistic criticism that made us yearn to draw aud ald paint to depict the delicate tracery of tree stems or catch the varied tints of 0 mountain lake or cloud while his scorn for careless lous artwork drove us to strive for the best to the growing youth he brought such a keen perception of moral beauty as made us desire to realize some noble ideal in life to enter seriously some borne pursuit with a pure love of doing beautiful work while his contempt for machine made articles ot of poor finish taught us to value those noble craftsmen of all ages who took look infinite pains with all that was worth doing to our ripening manhood and womanhood he opened tho the ideals of unselfish life where all might let their hearts delight in the labor of their hands and none should toil with suffering tor for a miserable pittance while his bis prophetic denunciations of the hideous conditions prevailing in our large manufacturing districts made no earnestly seek to probe these cores and find their cure theosophical path |
