I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature’s only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise. Surely our delightful Raffaello’s conception is infinitely preferable?”
I gladly disagree with Mr. Fairlie that art can improve on nature...as would Ruskin and his pre-Raphaelites. I will take my little “noise makers” in all their truth and beauty over the vacant “perfection” of the “cherubs” he’s referring to!
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