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Ornamental pattern work, to be raised above the contempt of reasonable men, must possess three qualities: beauty, imagination and order.

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Three
Qualities
Order
Reasonable
Patterns
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Raised
Work
Design
Ornamental
Men
Imagination
Pattern
Beauty
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