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John Ruskin Autograph Letter Unsigned One page,

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John Ruskin Autograph Letter Unsigned One page,
<B>John Ruskin Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> "<I>J. Ruskin</B></I>". Two pages, 5" x 8", Altorf, August 26, 1860, to A. G. Agnew. In part: "<I>It is a matter of sincere sorrow that I cannot accept the gracious invitation that extended from your shores. One of the many engagements and helps which I have received from the sympathy and trust of the American public. But I am now engaged in a more practical work which will prevent me, perhaps for years, from writing or lecturing except in a quite casual way, and all this work has to be done in Europe...I hope to keep the use of my tongue perhaps a little longer.</B></I>" Ruskin virtually dictated artistic opinion in Britain in the mid-1800s. Mailing folds, else fine.
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