"The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

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When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
More John Ruskin quotes
"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.
"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
"When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
"We are always in these days endeavoring to separate intellect and manual labor; we want one man to be always thinking, and another to be always workin...
"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they mus...