It is doubtful if the chronicles of friendship contain a truer instance of love between men than
that which is but partly revealed in the relation that follows. To appreciate it in its real worth
one must have known both these men. Francis Davis Millet had a rare genius for friendship.
Their name is legion, they who were smitten with grief over a loss that meant the departure of a
best beloved out of their lives when they learned of his tragic taking off; and how he in turn must
have given back their love in kind is attested by the deep affection borne by him for his friend
“Jimi” Hunt. It was a trinity of friendship that grew up at Chicago, during the preparations for
the most memorable of all world’s fairs, between Mr. Millet, Mr. D. H. Burnham and Mr. Hunt.
All sorts and conditions of men were Frank Millet’s friends. But whatever their difference in birth
or breeding, among them all-as in the three sides of an equilateral triangle represented by
these three men-in the measure of their love they were equal each to each. Something of
the story of one of these friendships is given herewith.
THE EDITOR. [ Art & Progress magazine]

The preceding editorial comment and following two installments in Art & Progress were about the working relationships that Francis Davis Millet fostered during the preparations for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, and was simply typical of how Millet delt with all people… The link to part I of the two part story is below:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20560957

Millet at Work: A Chronicle of Friendship: Part I. The World’s Fair at Chicago
Author(s): James Hunt
Source: Art and Progress, Vol. 4, No. 11 (Sep., 1913), pp. 1087-1093
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20560957
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