John Ruskin - The sky is the part of creation in which...

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.

Biography

Author Profession: Writer

Nationality: English

Born: February 8, 1819

Died: January 20, 1900

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Thomas Paine, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Douglas Adams, D. H. Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Quentin Crisp, Arthur C. Clarke, Agatha Christie

Topics

Creation, Done, Man, Nature, Part, Pleasing, Sake, Sky, Which

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