The Mentor: Rembrandt, Vol. 4, Num. 20, Serial No. 120, December 1, 1916

The Mentor: Rembrandt, Vol. 4, Num. 20, Serial No. 120, December 1, 1916

The old questionWhat shall we give? Too often answered by giving the easiest thing. There, thats off my mind for another year! Yes, off your mindbut how does your heart feel when your friend sends you something that shows that he has cherished a little special thought of you? Christmas giving may be a blessing or a blightaccording to the spirit of the giver. It is a blessing when it carries with it a thought that honors the one that gives and benefits the one that receives. Thousands of you tell me in the daily mail how The Mentor benefits you. Can you give a better gift to your friend than this same benefit? If we benefit you, we can also benefit him. With whole heart we pledge full service to him as to you. Give, then, this Christmas, The Mentor and all its service to your friend. Your message of friendship will be repeated to him twice a month throughout the year. Sometimes it is difficult to learn the truth about a great man. This is particularly so in the case of one who lived three centuries ago; for in those days people were not as careful to keep records as they are today. For years the great painter Rembrandt was regarded as having been ignorant, boorish, and avaricious. Fables making him out to be such a character sprang up without any foundation. It is only within the last fifty years that we have come to know the true Rembrandt, and to realize that he had profound sympathy, a powerful imagination, and originality of mind, and that he was a poet as well as a painter, an idealist and also a realist. He has justly been called the Shakespeare of Holland. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 52178
Author: Van Dyke, John Charles
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669