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Fors Clavigera

Fors Clavigera

Fors Clavigera was the name given by John Ruskin to a series of letters addressed to British workmen during the 1870s. They were published in the form of pamphlets. The letters formed part of Ruskin's interest in moral intervention in the social issues of the day on the model of his mentor Thomas Carlyle.


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“An unimaginative person can neither be reverent nor kind.”

Fors Clavigera, letter xxxiv (October 1873).
Fors Clavigera (1871-1878 and 1880-1884)

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“Human work must be done thoroughly and honourably because we are now men; whether we ever expect to be angels, or ever were slugs, being practically no matter.”

Fors Clavigera, letter lxxvi (4 March 1877).
Fors Clavigera (1871-1878 and 1880-1884)

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