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of introducing new blood in the stream. If it had not been for Morton Schamberg, whose case history was largely [[strikethrough]] paralleled [[/strikethrough]] similar to mine at that time, it would have been insufferable. Schamberg and I had been students at the Academy during the same years and including the Chase classes in Europe. After leaving the school we shared a studio for several years and our acquaintance with the turn of events in Paris, with its accompanying disturbances, has largely paralleled. As a result we had the fortifying benefits of mutual support as a front to challenge the Philadelphia I have described. When his untimely death occurred in 1918 it was time to find a more sympathetic environment. [[note]] Montross here? Brief reference only? [[note]] More about Schamberg himself? talk act. More about Schamberg himself Did you sell any paintings in these years? This not explicitly important but perhaps whether you had an advance is. [[/note]]