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* * * * * We are reproducing Duplessis's pastel portrait of Franklin on this page. This picture has a story. Duplessis made several portraits of Franklin; this seems to be the only one in pastel, the others being oil paintings. WE ARE REPRODUCING DUPLEXI'S PASTEL PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN ON THIS PAGE THIS PICTURE HAS A STORY DUPLECY MADE SEVERAL PORTRAITS OF FRANKLIN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN PASTEL THE OTHERS BEING OIL PAINTINGS
rites me as follows: Let me call attention to a discrepancy in the Julius Cæsar number of The Mentor. On cover page 2 the statement is made that Cæsar’s eyes were dark gray. On page 8 it is said that they were black. Our reader overlooks the fact that the two statements are not made by the same writer. The first statement is made by the English historian James Anthony Froude; the other by George W. Botsford, late professor of ancient history in Columbia University. These two eminent scholars present the conclusions that they have individually drawn from historical study. When two authorities differ it is the duty of The Mentor, as an educational publication, to present the two statements for the reader’s comparison. It is probable that the original evidence on which Mr. Froude and Professor Botsford based their statements was to the effect that Cæsar’s eyes were very dark and piercing in their glance--and that, surely, is near enough for the color of eyes nearly two thousand years ago. EADER WRITES ME AS FOLLOWS LET ME CALL ATTENTION TO A DISCREPANCY IN THE JULIUS CAESAR NUMBER OF THE MENTOR ON COVER PAGE TWO THE STATEMENT IS MADE THAT CAESAR'S EYES WERE DARK GREY ON PAGE EIGHT IT IS SAID THAT THEY WERE BLACK OUR READER OVERLOOKS THE FACT THAT THE TWO STATEMENTS ARE NOT MADE BY THE SAME WRITER THE FIRST STATEMENT IS MADE BY THE ENGLISH HISTORIAN JAMES ANTHONY FROUD THE OTHER BY GEORGE W BOTZFORD LATE PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY THESE TWO EMINENT SCHOLARS PRESENT THE CONCLUSIONS THAT THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALLY DRAWN FROM HISTORICAL STUDY WHEN TWO AUTHORITIES DIFFER IT IS THE DUTY OF THE MENTOR AS AN EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION TO PRESENT THE TWO STATEMENTS FOR THE READER'S COMPARISON IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE ORIGINAL EVIDENCE ON WHICH MISTER FREUD AND PROFESSOR BOTTSFORD BASED THEIR STATEMENTS WAS TO THE EFFECT THAT CAESAR' EYES WERE VERY DARK AND PIERCING IN THEIR GLANCE AND THAT SURELY IS NEAR ENOUGH FOR THE COLOR OF EYES NEARLY TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO
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