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Excerpt from The Life of Sir Martin Archer Shee, Vol. 2 of 2: President of the Royal Academy, F. R. S., D. C. L The second year of Sir Martin's presidency witnessed the revival of a practice, the discontinuance of which, during the rule of his immediate predecessor, had de prived one of the most important Observances of the Academy of its full effect in stimulating the efforts of youthful talent, among the students of the institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.