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प्रश्न
What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead?
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उत्तर
The criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead are that one must be laborious and meritorious. Ruskin feels that no wealth will bribe, no name will overawe, no artifice will deceive the Dead. Ruskin says that in order to be with their company one has to rise to the level of their thoughts.
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