Autograph letter signed : London, to John Ruskin, [1886] June 9.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to John Ruskin, [1886] June 9.

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Saying he is going to Devonshire to work "out of all this crowd and noise;" that he would like to visit Brantwood in the autumn; describing time as an illusion, "a condition by which we perceive things, but in itself nothing--that all that was still is and all that will be is, &c &c--. We know nothing about it--I only know that bits of our past life hang as holy relics about our necks, relics that burn & scorch and yet are the most precious of all our possessions."

1 item (3 p.) ; 18.0 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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