When his book was returned the page was covered with corrections--all except these bars of rests, which were enclosed in a red line and marked: "This is the only correct passage in the exercise." He once observed in a lecture that "Bach differed in almost everything from Handel, except that he was born the same year and was killed by the same doctor." He was often sarcastic; but his was a sarcasm without sting or rancour.

Bitterness, indeed, was one of the few normal attributes which he did not possess.

Mr.Humiston tells of lunching with him unexpectedly at a restaurant one day, just after his resignation from Columbia had been accepted.

"We sat over our coffee and cigars until nearly four o'clock, and among other things he talked of that [the Columbia matter].

There was not a word of bitterness or reproach toward anyone, but rather a deep feeling of disappointment that his plans and ideals for the training and welfare of young artists should have been so completely defeated." In his methods of work he was, like most composers of first-rate quality, at the mercy of his inspiration.