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A great question with me now is Egyptian art - Of its pottery of early glazed kind I must, when possible, secure specimens if only of the smallest fragments.  This is still fortunately, possible, but it means having business dealings with the worst gang of high and low scoundrels in the whole universe. An other branch of the question is whether my collection can express the power of line and form to their full value and as I have so long desired, with out including stone and wood sculptures, figures, unglazed, of certain Egyptian dynasties. I now feel these things are the greatest art in the world - greater than Greek, Chinese or Japanese.  My mind, so far as the Chinese and Japanese are considered may slightly change and further light concerning these branches is really my great hurry to reach Japan.  So far as Greece goes, that blessed land, so famous for its art, owes every thing in beauty to Egypt. What Korin owes to Koyetsu and more, [[strikethrough]] Greece [[/strikethrough]] the Greeks owe to the Egyptians.

Now, comes the great hurdle and how to get over it. If my head and heart keeps figures, unglazed of certain Egyptian dynasties. I now
feel these things are the greatest art in the world - greater than Greek, Chinese or Japanese - My mind, so far as the Chinese and
Japanese are considered may slightly change and further light conserving these branches is really my great hurry to reach Japan.
So far as Greece goes, that blessed land, so famous for its art,
owes everything in beauty to Egyp -