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them a proper object for immediate consideration.
On other occasions I find in my diary the following entries among others. 
"M. Pelliot again emphasized the need of a strong library of Chinese books for the School."
"He believes with me that many of the frescoes brought back by Dr. von le Coq from Chotscho (mentioned later) are of Sung date, rather than T'ang as described. His reason for this opinion is based, like my own feeling^[[,]] on the fact that figures and faces are more round and full than those drawn by T'ang artists, but he did not enter into the question with any further detail.
Speaking of the curious incised stones said to be from Western China, of which the Louvre has one, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston two and the Fischer collection in Cologne several, he considered that there is a possibility of their being spurious Japanese. If they are genuine he considers them of immense significance. I was unable to find out on what he bases this suspicion--it seemed to amount to no more than that--and can detect no ground for it myself."

On another occasion, I find that I quote him as "having offered to be of any service to the American School which lies in his power."

On the whole I found that my acquaintance with these two greatest of European sinologues was to the last degree stimulating and valuable. It was interesting to notice that their solid achievements in tangible collection and in abstract