WCP7224

Enclosure (WCP7224.8418)

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"Bodies of men, Land, Water, and air are the principal of those things which are not, and which it is criminal to consider as, personal or exchangeable property."

(Ruskin,1 in Time & Tide2)

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]3

1
Ruskin, John (1819-1900). British writer, art critic and social thinker.
2
Ruskin, John. 1872. Time and Tide, by Weare and Tyne. Orpington: George Allen. [pp. 160-161]. Ruskin's text reads slightly differently from ARW's note: "These are the things which are not. and which it is criminal to consider as, personal or exchangeable property. Bodies of men, land, water, and air, are the principal of these things."
3
The date 1902 is written in pencil in the bottom right corner of the card.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP7224.8418)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2022-06-20]

Please cite as “WCP7224,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7224