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life - I mean to say that its rather the result of effort than "natürliche Begabung" Though he never lacked it in the same measure as I perhaps. 

I never thought much of him as an artist, his theories and explanations of today rather confirmed me in this, but I liked and respected him as much as ever. Indeed I was very much attached to him and his good influence I have to take into account when I make the reckoning of my younger and turbulent days; without it I may have fared worse.

In the afternoon, after a rather disappointing, "Goulash" we strolled slowly down the old way of the Mariahilfer Strasse where every pavement stones knew of me and "mein Leid und Freud" of boy hood days. Sad to say that it was more "Leid". We went up the Sperrgasse when I had lived from my 12th to 21st year,the same house, fathers store run by other people I looked at it all, with little else but pity