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Carl felt a generous spirit was a touchstone of the true artist. Once he and I were listening to a recording of The Magic Flute and he called my attention to a beautiful melody that was not repeated elsewhere in the score. Carl said that melody [[strikethrough]] to be thought of as [[/strikethrough]] was an additional gratuity from the largess of Mozart's spirit. 
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Carl's generosity extended to such an affectionate interest and encouragement of younger artists, that a number of his former student have remained devoted to him. He cared greatly that all of his students should do good work. Recently Carl told me of exchanging painting with a Miroshata, a younger colleague, and of how [[strikethrough]] handsome [[/strikethrough]] proud he was to hand Mirashita's work in his bedroom. I came to know a few of [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] Carl's former students especially; Roy Medders and Bille Wismer whem he taught at the Uni of Georgia; Stanley Boxer, Leonard Brenner and Ara Klausner from the Art Students league; and  Mrs Joe Ellen Browning, who was a student of Carl at Louisville. 

I am sure in the future the world of art will know even more of Mr. Holty's gift for creating beautiful paintings; of his fascination with artistic structure; and of his interesting and significant life. Let me, therefore, finally touch on another important aspect of Carl's personality, his courage and ability to look life straight in the face. Carl was a great admirer of Balzac and some years ago he gave me the novel Cousin Betty. I noticed he had marked a passage in which Balzac commented on this need for courage in the fulfillment of an artists life and work. Balzac says in part: 

"And work again is a weary struggle, alike dreaded and delighted in by those lofty and powerful natures who are often broken by it.. If the artist does not throw himself into his work as Curtius sprang into the gulf; as a soldier leads a forlorn hope without a moments thought; and if when he is in a crater he does not dig on as a miner does when the earth has fallen in on him; if he contemplates the difficulties before him instead of conquering then [[them]] one by one, like the lovers in fairy tales, who to win their princesses overcome ever new enchantments; the work remins  incomplte [[remains incomplete]], it perishes in the studio