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What, according to Ruskin, are the limitations of the good book of the hour?

According to Ruskin, the good book of the hour was just like a newspaper or a letter but in good print. It just conveys the voice of the author to numerous preserve and not preserve the voice like a true book does. The good book isn’t true or useful like a true book either.


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