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5 pointsdinosor13d ago1 comments

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> Ruskin bemoaned the general spiritual impoverishment of Victorian Britain, where every purpose has been ‘infected’ with ‘the idea that everything should “pay”’.

That sounds familiar.

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graemep13d ago

> Ruskin bemoaned the general spiritual impoverishment of Victorian Britain, where every purpose has been ‘infected’ with ‘the idea that everything should “pay”’.

That sounds familiar.

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