Modern Painters volume Ii (Of V)
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Now if we withdrawthe plant from this position, which it hardly endures, and supply itwith the earth, and maintain about it the temperature that it delightsin; withdrawing from it at the same time all rivals which, in suchconditions nature would have thrust upon it, we shall indeed obtain amagnificently developed example of the plant, colossal in size, andsplendid in organization, but we shall utterly lose in it that moralideal which is dependent on its right fulfilment of its appointedfunction...s. It was intended and created by the Deity for the covering ofthose lonely spots where no other plant could live; it has been theretoendowed with courage, and strength, and capacities of enduranceunequalled; its character and glory are not therefore in the gluttonousand idle feeling of its own over luxuriance, at the expense of othercreatures utterly destroyed and rooted out for its good alone, but inits right doing of its hard duty; and forward climbing into those spotsof forlorn hope where it alone can bear witness to the kindness andpresence of the Spirit that cutteth out rivers among the rocks, as itcovers the valleys with corn: and there, in its vanward place, and onlythere, where nothing is withdrawn for it, nor hurt by it, and wherenothing can take part of its honor, nor usurp its throne, are itsstrength, and fairness, and price, and goodness in the sight of God, tobe truly esteemed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Now if we withdrawthe plant from this position, which it hardly endures, and supply itwith the earth, and maintain about it the temperature that it delightsin; withdrawing from it at the same time all rivals which, in suchconditions nature would have thrust upon it, we shall indeed obtain amagnificently developed example of the plant, colossal in size, andsplendid in organization, but we shall utterly lose in it that moralideal which is dependent on its right fulfilment of its appointedfunction...s. It was intended and created by the Deity for the covering ofthose lonely spots where no other plant could live; it has been theretoendowed with courage, and strength, and capacities of enduranceunequalled; its character and glory are not therefore in the gluttonousand idle feeling of its own over luxuriance, at the expense of othercreatures utterly destroyed and rooted out for its good alone, but inits right doing of its hard duty; and forward climbing into those spotsof forlorn hope where it alone can bear witness to the kindness andpresence of the Spirit that cutteth out rivers among the rocks, as itcovers the valleys with corn: and there, in its vanward place, and onlythere, where nothing is withdrawn for it, nor hurt by it, and wherenothing can take part of its honor, nor usurp its throne, are itsstrength, and fairness, and price, and goodness in the sight of God, tobe truly esteemed.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 to read onlineMoreLess
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