. Baltimore : its history and its people . or anddistinguished through life by an undeviating loyalty to principle, no manpossessed a kinder heart or a more charitable disposition. All sorts andconditions of men received assistance from him, whether in pecuniary aidor in the form of kindly advice, and his influence was both conservativeand promotive of all that concerned the general good. Mr. Clark was a man not only of culture and refinement but of ex-tremely artistic tastes and these tastes found scope and gratification in hisfrequent visits to the Old World. His record as a transatlantic tr
. Baltimore : its history and its people . or anddistinguished through life by an undeviating loyalty to principle, no manpossessed a kinder heart or a more charitable disposition. All sorts andconditions of men received assistance from him, whether in pecuniary aidor in the form of kindly advice, and his influence was both conservativeand promotive of all that concerned the general good. Mr. Clark was a man not only of culture and refinement but of ex-tremely artistic tastes and these tastes found scope and gratification in hisfrequent visits to the Old World. His record as a transatlantic travelleris equalled by few and excelled, perhaps, by none. No fewer than seventytimes had he crossed the ocean, having made the first voyage in a sailingvessel, and during his sojourns in the art centers of Europe he had becomepossessed of many valuable paintings and other treasures dear to the soulof a connoisseur, trophies of travel, which were used to beautify the NewYork residence which was his home during the latter years of his l/(2-z::^-t--t^
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