Greek and Roman History Notebook

At the end of the term in June 1884, Bernard considered his freshman year at Boston University (fig. BB.I.1), writing in his “Greek and Roman History” notebook, “Now that it is passed I look back upon it, reflect on its events. All that was rough, unpolished, angular, is fast disappearing, and already stands before me a marble group, grand, sublime, far surpassing any mark of Phidias or Praxitelles [sic]. Not a trace is left upon its clear sculpture. Not a trace is left of the toil and suffering it has taken to mold and finish this masterpiece.”

BB.III.3

Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Bernard and Mary Berenson Papers, Series: Research and Writings