A Definition of Character

A Definition of Character. In art, character is everything. I have seen many who have been able to do good work, who possessed the art faculty, of

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whom people would say, "What clever fellows!" Their work pos- sessed promise, yet in the long fight, they lost because they lacked character. You will ask me what I mean by character. I mean, first, morality. — No man has gained anything by bad habits, drink, late hours, or bad company. Prof. Hubert Herkomer, the Painter.