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Quotes from The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria — John Ruskin

1819–1900 England

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The water which has been refused to the cry of the weary and dying is unholy, though it had been blessed by every saint in heaven; and the water which is found in the vessel of mercy is holy, though it had been defiled with corpses.

The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria (1841)

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