If you give me any details about the Italian book, I may be somewhat helpful.. Luca Gallesi ----- 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!