Ruskin eloquently admires ships with their masts and sails as the - TopicsExpress



          

Ruskin eloquently admires ships with their masts and sails as the most beautiful and picturesque of the works of man. Some future Ruskin will no doubt be equally enthusiastic about the beauty of the gossamer lines of telephone wire, with their gentle curves stretching away by hundreds from stately standards fixed aloft over our houses, or from high cathedral domes, or from future Eiffel towers, and ornamenting whatever the touch. -- Lord Kelvin, Electric Lighting and Public Safety
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:00:21 +0000

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