I will tell you plainly:
Note from the Letter Baron's Gate by John Ruskin

At this point begin nine paragraphs of personal history which were to become, with slight modifications, the opening paragraphs of Ruskin's autobiography, Praeterita (1885-9).

I will tell you plainly: Note from the Letter Baron's Gate by John Ruskin

I will tell you plainly:
Note from the Letter Baron's Gate by John Ruskin