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<p> The name given by Ruskin to a series of letters to workmen, written during the seventies of this century, and employed by him to designate three great powers which go to fashion human destiny, viz., <i> Force </i> , wearing, as it were, ( <i> clava </i> ) the club of Hercules; <i> For </i> titude, wearing, as it were, ( <i> clavis </i> ) the key of Ulysses; and <i> For </i> tune, wearing, as it were, ( <i> clavus </i> ) the nail of Lycurgus; that is to say, [[Faculty]] waiting on the right moment, and then striking in. See Shakespeare's "Time and tide in the affairs of men," &c., the "flood" in which is the "Third Fors." The letters are represented as written at the dictation of the | Fors Clavigera <ref name="term_73205" /> | ||
==References == | <p> The name given by Ruskin to a series of letters to workmen, written during the seventies of this century, and employed by him to designate three great powers which go to fashion human destiny, viz., <i> [[Force]] </i> , wearing, as it were, ( <i> clava </i> ) the club of Hercules; <i> For </i> titude, wearing, as it were, ( <i> clavis </i> ) the key of Ulysses; and <i> For </i> tune, wearing, as it were, ( <i> clavus </i> ) the nail of Lycurgus; that is to say, [[Faculty]] waiting on the right moment, and then striking in. See Shakespeare's "Time and tide in the affairs of men," &c., the "flood" in which is the "Third Fors." The letters are represented as written at the dictation of the Third Fors, or, as it seems to the author, the right moment, or the occurrence of it. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73205"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fors+clavigera Fors Clavigera from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73205"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fors+clavigera Fors Clavigera from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 15 October 2021
Fors Clavigera [1]
The name given by Ruskin to a series of letters to workmen, written during the seventies of this century, and employed by him to designate three great powers which go to fashion human destiny, viz., Force , wearing, as it were, ( clava ) the club of Hercules; For titude, wearing, as it were, ( clavis ) the key of Ulysses; and For tune, wearing, as it were, ( clavus ) the nail of Lycurgus; that is to say, Faculty waiting on the right moment, and then striking in. See Shakespeare's "Time and tide in the affairs of men," &c., the "flood" in which is the "Third Fors." The letters are represented as written at the dictation of the Third Fors, or, as it seems to the author, the right moment, or the occurrence of it.
