...they then take, and on their courage in maintaining it. There is a destiny now possible to us—the highest ever set before a nation to be accepted or refused. We are still undegencrate in race; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in temper,...

...closing words of the lecture are equal to Mr. Ruskin's best utterances. Here are some of them : — " There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...We are still undegenerate in race ; a race mingled by the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in temper, but still have the firmness to govern...

...future fate of England depends upon the position they then take, and on their courage in maintaining it. There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...ever set before a nation to be accepted or refused. AVe are still undegenerate in race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute...

...future fate of England depends upon the position they then take, and on their courage in maintaining it. There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...been taught a religion of pure mercy, which we must cither now finally betray, or learn to defend by fulfilling. And we are rich in an inheritance of honour,...

...future fate of England depends upon the position they then take, and on their courage in maintaining it. There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. \Ve are not yet dissolute in temper, but still have the firmness to govern, and the grace to obey....

...future fate of England depends upon the position they then take, and on their courage in maintaining it. There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. \Ve are not yet dissolute in temper, but still have the firmness to govern, and the grace to obey....

...produce, what it has never, in opulence, had the sense to admire. — Lectures on Art, No. I. Inaugural. There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...firmness to govern, and the grace to obey. We have beeii taught a religion of pure mercy, which we must either now betray, or learn to defend by fulfilling...

...Oxford in the seventies learned the interpretation, in words of unsurpassable beauty, from John Buskin : "There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...a nation, to be accepted or refused. We are still nndegenerate in race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in temper,...

...Oxford in the seventies learned the interpretation, in words of unsurpassable beauty, from John Ruskin : "There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...a nation, to be accepted or refused. We are still nndegenerate in race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in temper,...

...Oxford in the seventies learned the interpretation, in words of unsurpassable beauty, from John Ruskin : "There is a destiny now possible to us — the highest...a nation, to be accepted or refused. We are still nndegenerate in race ; a race mingled of the best northern blood. We are not yet dissolute in temper,...