Excerpt from The Art Teaching of John Ruskin
It is perhaps too much to expect of the "general reader" that he should defer criticism of Mr. Ruskin"s various utterances until he has studied the whole of Mr. Ruskin"s writings. And yet, without a firm grasp of the general character and tendency of this author"s thought, there is a great risk either of resting satisfied with his wit and picturesqueness, or of doing him the grave injustice which is done to any thinker when we quote texts without context, and use his words without their true weight in them.
To all standard systems of philosophy, handbooks or summaries have been written, usually by some pupil personally acquainted with the master, and in sympathy with his character and tone of thought. Such summaries, so far from superseding the original works, have been found most useful in promoting their study, - in clearing up their difficulties, and in emphasising those leading thoughts which are often understood rather than expressed in the discursive eloquence of a great writer.
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