[[231]] I have sometimes been asked what this means. I intended it to set forth the wisdom of men in war contending for kingdoms, and what follows to set forth their wisdom in peace, contending for wealth. [Ruskin.]
[[232]] See Wordsworth's poem, My heart leaps up when I behold.
[[233]] See Genesis ii, 15, and the opening lines of the first selection in this volume.
[[234]] Joshua ix, 21.
[[235]] In his Discourses on Art. Cf. pp. 24 ff. above.
[[236]] See The Two Paths, §§ 28 et seq. [Ruskin.]
[[237]] References mainly to the Irish Land Question, on which Ruskin agreed with Mill and Gladstone in advocating the establishment of a peasant-proprietorship in Ireland.
[[238]] Genesis iii, 19.
[[239]] Ecclesiastes ix, 10.
[[240]] Hebrews xi, 4.