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students. That makes for a successful teacher and it is for the students to determine the value later when it is time to apply it or not as he may decide. They were stirring times and Chase's enthusiasm was infectious. What a waste of time, the hours required for sleep, when one should be painting around the clock!
With so much enthusiasm, in the air and in the individual, it [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] should not have been so surprising that the first year came to a close where it had only seemed where begun. In the classes Chase had frequently given vivid accounts of the masterpieces he had seen in the Galleries of Europe and stirred us to such an extent by his detailed account, that delay in seeing for oneself was all but intolerable. 
[[strikethrough]] When [[/strikethrough]] At the close of the school year it was announced that he would take a class in London for the