John Hay 



art of Holland was as enchanting to 

 him as that of Spain and Italy. His 

 admiration of the great men of the 

 past never rendered him unjust to 

 the men of the present. His wide 

 sympathies comprehended Velasquez 

 and Fortuny in a kindred apprecia- 

 tion. He became at sight the friend 

 of Mesdag and Israels. I took him 

 to the studio of Gustave Dore, and 

 in five minutes they were brothers 

 and were planning an excursion to 

 Arizona to sketch the war dances of 

 the Apaches. A few days later the 

 robust Alsatian, who seemed built to 

 last a hundred years, was dead, stricken 

 down by the terrible pneumonia of 

 those years. 



In England while as I have said 

 his success was universal with all 

 classes, his closest intimacies were 

 with men who were occupied with 

 the things of the spirit. Ruskin took 

 him to his heart, entertained him at 



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