Ruskin - Life is Wealth Carving Material:Classic Oak as the snake his slough

as the snake his slough

An Artist’s Reminiscences

a decorum and sanctity reign

circa 1738

We felt compelled to do so based solely on the strength of its message about finding contentment in life's simple things

Ruskin - Life is Wealth Carving Material:Classic Oak as the snake his sloughOrigins: Ruskin Life is Wealth Carving This thought is from Ruskins 1860 series of essays later published as Unto This Last in 1862. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. credited this book with shaping their world views. The fuller text is as follows: There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings;