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The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 8
Died: 1900
Died: January 20
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It is among children only, and as children only, that you will find medicine for your healing and true wisdom for your teaching.
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Science studies the relations of things to each other: but art studies only their relations to man.
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