Many thanks, Luca. You have saved me an immense and tedious labor. Wayne Luca Gallesi wrote: > > Dear Wayne, > the quotation you mention is not on page 30 but on page 16 and it is taken > from William Morris lecture about "Art and Its Producers". I do not have > other details. > Luca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wayne Pounds <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:08 AM > Subject: a phrase from William Morris > > > Greetings to my friends and acquaintances on this list. I am tuning back > > in after a couple months' layoff. Curious to see what current topics > > are. Meanwhile this: > > > > Could anyone tell me the exact wording or probable source of the phrase > > from William Morris: "the great untouchable machine of mercantile > > tyranny"? It occurs in Italian in a piece on EP I am translating. The > > author cites an Italian anthology of Morris's work to which I don't have > > access. > > > > It might also be helpful for me to find an article on Morris (or > > Ruskin&Morris) & EP if there's one buried in Pai. or somewhere. Anyone > > know offhand? > > > > Many thanks!