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QUOTATION:Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts--the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art.
ATTRIBUTION:John Ruskin (1819–1900), British art critic, author. St. Mark’s Rest, preface (1877).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
 
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