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THOSE who enjoyed Hardy's friendship, and even those who could hope for no more than occasional contact with him, will deeply feel the loss of a strong and vital personality radiating an influence which stimulated effort, cured discouragement and could reawaken flagging enthusiasms. Hardy entered into everything he did with zest, and this seems to be the word which adequately describes his own attitude to life. He met each successive experience with fresh interest, and brought his whole nature to the appreciation of whatever it offered of value. His enjoyment of intellectual pleasures was itself almost sensuous, while his delight in the beauties of Nature, or in the appeal of fine pictures and music, was always mingled with—and, for him, intensified by—the intellectual reactions they evoked. Life's minor pleasures appealed to him and he loved a good wine, and a good story, in the telling or the hear-ing, and he enjoyed both best in good company.
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HOPKINS, F. Sir William Hardy, F.R.S. Nature 133, 281–282 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133281a0
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