 | Harry Bruce - 1986 - 136 pages
...quotation. "Great nations," John Ruskin said, "write their autobiographies in three manuscripts. The book of their deeds, the book of their words, and...of these books can be understood unless we read the other two. But, of the three, the only quite trustworthy is the last. The acts of a nation may be triumphant... | |
 | Francis Haskell - 1993 - 574 pages
...the understanding of history: 'Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts; the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and...of the three, the only quite trustworthy one is the last.'23 When Ruskin came to Venice in November 184924 to work on the study of its Gothic monuments... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...music ed., no. 343 (1958). 1236 Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the...we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last. JOHN RUSKIN, St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Preface, p. 1 (1885).... | |
 | Asa Briggs - 1995 - 1184 pages
...brochure introducing the series: 'Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art ... but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.' 'If I had to say who was telling the truth... | |
 | Barbara S. Groseclose - 1995 - 170 pages
...thinking about a different empire, "Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts — the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art," then even minor monuments help to tell some of the story. The authorship of the "book of art," to continue... | |
 | National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States - 1997 - 290 pages
...autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the hook of their art. Not one of these books can be understood...we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last." I think that our ordinary communities are important entries in that book... | |
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GREAT nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts — the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others ; but of the three, the only quite trustworthy... 
