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My school and my gospel (1908)

Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914 · London : A. Constable and company, limited · leaf 156

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anor not; and had it not been for my father tenaciouslyholding on to his intention that I should be a painter(ay—and through the hardest struggles of life), perhapsI might have taken to the sister art. Although at mybirth my father gave utterance to a prophetic sentence,Avhich has come true, This… … MY SCHOOL AND MY GOSPEL talent seemed to justify an expectation of success, hewould have hesitated to pronounce such emphatic words. But music has always been a part of my life, andthere is always some musical phrase (sometimes a verysilly one) running in my head when I am painting;…

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