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Show RUSKIN A GREAT TEACHER Knew How to Lead the Child, Youth ailiV and Mature Man and jH Woman. laBBBBBBs! What a teacher Ruftkin waa' He HH gave himself to those who came, ea- Lbbbbbbbbbb! terlng Sreenly into tho young delight IsssBslBBfl in the perception of niw truths and tiljfl bet-uty, knowing how to take the HH learner step by step as be saw the jbi1 way ahead He charmed ell with his il inimitable style even when be spok sbbbbbbbbi to the humblest in the guild of St. H To the HeusliivM, Impressionable 1 nature of childhood he came with a H flood of artistic criticism that made H earn to draw and paint, to depict H the delicate tracery of tree stems or 1 catch the varied tints of mountain. H lake, or clond; while his scorn for H carele83 unconscientious artwork jH drove us to strive for the bent. Iibbbbbbbbbb To the growing youth he brought 6uch a keen perception of moral heau- PH tr as made us desire to realize some nob'.o Ideal In life, to mter seriously jH some pursuit with a pure lovo of do- lng beaotiful work, while his con V tempt for machine-made artlolea ot H poor finish taught us to value thpM H noble craftsmen of all ages who too fH Infinite pains with all that was worth To our ripening manhood nnd worn- 'H anhood he opened tho ideals of nse M fish life, where all might let their m hearts delight lu the labor of their m hand and none should toll with suf- ferlng for a miserable pittance, while 1 bis prophetic denunciations of thu JH hideous conditions prevailing in our H large manufacturing districts mads 'I us earnostly seek to probe the" cores and find their curo.-Theowph- m H |