Encyclopedia ~
For the first time in two hundred and forty-four years, Encyclopedia Britannica will stop printing.
(CBC News, March 14,2012) http://www.britannica.com/
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Smile For Today ~
In keeping with his ideas on the dignity of labour, John Ruskin encouraged his Oxford students to try their hand at manual work. He hit on a scheme of building a road from the village of North Hinksey to Oxford to provide the villagers with a direct route. Among the undergraduates he recruited was Oscar Wilde. The charms of manual labor wore off after a while and the road was never completed. The line of the road was still visible in the mid-1960s. Perhaps even remnants today!
Source: THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF Anecdotes, 1985, Clifton Fadiman,
~ J. Ruskin (1819 - 1900) British critic & social reformer. Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford.
In keeping with his ideas on the dignity of labour, John Ruskin encouraged his Oxford students to try their hand at manual work. He hit on a scheme of building a road from the village of North Hinksey to Oxford to provide the villagers with a direct route. Among the undergraduates he recruited was Oscar Wilde. The charms of manual labor wore off after a while and the road was never completed. The line of the road was still visible in the mid-1960s. Perhaps even remnants today!
Source: THE LITTLE, BROWN BOOK OF Anecdotes, 1985, Clifton Fadiman,
~ J. Ruskin (1819 - 1900) British critic & social reformer. Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford.