, 1863-11-29
1lre John kk,lsIxfnss on EnEli4h
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- The following chasaetvrintir letter, dated
Zurich, 25.a October, 1855, was received from
Nr. Ru.kln, M an apology for not intending
q meeting at the Liverpool Institute for, The
dls4shu.ion Of prizes, awarded by thu Depart
..nent of. Science sod Art;,, -s:e :: ~
Il esg 10 esknew,s.ge your faror u the. soth
m1 taking psst frequently In pablo business.
Il should have hs'd 1t a d1ty "a aeceps the
Invitation OF tho directors Of the Liverpool
Institute, but that, for the time hein3s ny
temper 4s a. fault:aa vol e. my health; md !
! an Wholly unable , 70 So ge q wltA ny Any q "
With which. regard The political pos!tlon
taken, or s1athef zus,k Into, 'by Enghnd; :.
In her foreign relations, especially Ii tao
sa&iaiesi Of Italy and Poland. What these
.1aatteIa have to do. Htth ust may not at
By 4 sho1t si;nfHtnIe:. auprose Ind been
eneAsed'by an English gentleman ID" give
lscturra on art to his snu.-s Matters at Iirst
50 smoothly, and / am dDigcnr In my deil-
nitinns Of line md eotnr,- until one Sunday
nsornlng, II breakfast time, u ticket-of-leayc.
nnr lakes a iaury 70 n,nfder . gill on the.
windows. My patron, hearing the e,:ecals,'
puts dow bis paper, adjusts his spectacics,
EldwJy. aplrrkenas what Is going on. and
'fIngs The bell for bis Alua.,est fOotnian. John,
y kakc my CuIu uIu rEuirtfueuts 10 lnat 6ct.
; 1leunn osssslce The heage, md tell him That
bis proassliug4 arc abnormal, and l may add,
~ mo ..peponslly Offensive. Had TINT road
passed through 1ny properly, I should hare
: lelt 1t my duty to {niericrc.' John 'takes &he
card and" returns with It; the ticket-oE-
h!a; loisnre:.. but, tho Screams ccastng
- he 'hlA tbs girls mouth with clay,
the English Eerh1elnan returns to his mullins,
ndccnE=tufates himself on having kept
uut Of that" H,es6.s 'Preecnt3y a1eyw ards .ie
sends for ne, 70 know If l shall: be ready to
: good lid hope he will grow 10 be man,
hut, for the present, 7 cannot teach him Any-
thing. - should llsr, Indeed to-tcach yoa
something INT bare no words yet for the 1ex-
son.tz Which, indeed, have not II I say
swould hare the country 50 to war T. Do
know how dreadful thing war Ii i, Tes,
truly, know It.; HE war nd I'll 40 most nco-
pie-so Ill that weald not spend twenty
millions " ycaE In making 1nachlnea for IT,
neither my heli1sse or pocket money 10 play.
i1g at II ; yct /. wonll harc The country 70 10
war, with haste, ins good quarrel; aud, which
perhaps ID eccentric In me, rather In al1utherss
. qusssei than in ber oTn.s We sAy Of ourselves,
eomrlaceut!r, thai We viii rot go Ia war; farr
IN Idea, but: tse paraee Interpreted means
goods, but not: to1 Justice OF for mercy !; aud
would nsk you IL tayus MIC 30 fas % Il, read
this letter 70 the stndents ii your meeting:
and "a! to them that. heartily wish them
vel, but for the present am too sad to b
Of any service 10 them; that our waxs IN Chi
M aid 1aran are not llkely. to .i4znian good
suhjects fl. historical pictures; that ideas
happen, unfortunately. to be, In art, the priu-
cipd things, md that country which viii
not feiit for Its IDEAS is not iixely to have
anytliug worth polnln6:?s ~. !:
- have the honor to b., sts, your hithful
tervent. ~: ,at,, j. RusK1x.n