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Making money never seemed my strong point, & yet will not believe that I was stupid or that I had less [[strikethrough]] sense [[/strikethrough]] ability than some who did make it. In painting I know it came from never knowing what the popular taste was. Among my fellow painter I have known some who always felt what should be done to please & did it more or less instinctively than "pot boilers" always sold, mine usually remained on my hands for [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] my trouble & I was worse off than before.- So that the commencement of