Ruskin - Life is Wealth Carving Material:Classic Oak circa 1738

circa 1738

Source: United Europe Meeting speech

It captures the indomitable spirit of independence inherit in the state’s history and in its citizens

The full line is: Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat

Ruskin - Life is Wealth Carving Material:Classic Oak circa 1738Origins: Ruskin Life is Wealth Carving This thought is from Ruskins 1860 series of essays later published as Unto This Last in 1862. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. credited this book with shaping their world views. The fuller text is as follows: There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings;