Excerpt from Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology: July, 1927 As far as I could see from a long acquaintance, Sir Edmund was much more eager to learn than to possess. His collections therefore tended to be Objects of study rather more than particular prizes to be hugged as possessions. He bought a great number of works of art, which were sucked dry and given away. Whether they went up or down in value never seemed to interest him; and as far as I know, with all his opportunities and his wonderful eye, he ...
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Excerpt from Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology: July, 1927 As far as I could see from a long acquaintance, Sir Edmund was much more eager to learn than to possess. His collections therefore tended to be Objects of study rather more than particular prizes to be hugged as possessions. He bought a great number of works of art, which were sucked dry and given away. Whether they went up or down in value never seemed to interest him; and as far as I know, with all his opportunities and his wonderful eye, he never in his life made a dollar out of anything connected with a work of art, nor did I ever know him to sell anything at all. I think only once in thousands of conversations did I hear him say an object had gone up in value, and then it was when advising two young men to surround themselves with good things if they could afford to do so at all, for in case of disaster, their possessions would not be losses, and would probably be gains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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