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It is a pity that their activities
were so hampered by the conventions of religious dogma. Viewed by
itself, the Renaissance may seem overwhelming; it shoots up like a
portentous lily out of the blood-drenched soil of a thousand
battlefields. Let me take you to its real source."
He showed him that little statuette, the Locri Faun. Denis was
enchanted by it.
"You have heard of Sir Herbert Street? He also thinks highly of this
thing. He is now adviser in art matters to Mr. van Koppen who is a
patron of mine and who, I hear, will arrive to-morrow or the day
after."
"Street? I met him at my mother's house. Wasn't he at South Kensington?
A great man for dining out. You cannot pick up an evening paper without
reading something about him. That kind of man! All the same, he wrote a
good book on the Siena School. I liked it, didn't you?"
"It is a fair appreciation, from the collector's point of view. He has
stayed with me here once or twice, and given me reason to form a high
opinion of his capacities.


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