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Before permission is granted. What advantages a student has in his country. Instead of having to study Benson and Tarbell, you have in one building the best examples of the world’s masters. I’m going again. I did some sketching today, saw the Turners. Great compositions.
 Thursday I went again to the National Gallery. Wonderful works. Two of the finest Velasquezs in the world. Went to the Royal Academy looked up their school. There are at forty members of the Royal Academy and each one takes a turn at teaching. They serve as a month at a time. It is a government institution, and in January or June one can take the exams. If