“I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there.My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.”

—  Thomas Eakins

Letter to Harrison Morris (1894-04-23).

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