John Ruskin Quote

Every single leaf-cluster presents the general aspect of a little family, entirely at unity among themselves, but obliged to get their living by various shifts, concessions, and infringements of the family rules, in order not to invade the privileges of other people in their neighborhood.


Modern Painters (Volume 5), Part VI, Chapter 4 (p. 32)


Every single leaf-cluster presents the general aspect of a little family, entirely at unity among themselves, but obliged to get their living by...

Every single leaf-cluster presents the general aspect of a little family, entirely at unity among themselves, but obliged to get their living by...

Every single leaf-cluster presents the general aspect of a little family, entirely at unity among themselves, but obliged to get their living by...

Every single leaf-cluster presents the general aspect of a little family, entirely at unity among themselves, but obliged to get their living by...