Address Delivered Before the Harvard Musical Association in the Chapel of the University at Cambridge, August 24, 1842 |
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... nature , that any words will seem to out- run my subject . Truly " music is , " as Hoffman says , " the sanscrit of nature expressed in tones . " that cloudy pillar which led the Israelites of old , which rested upon the earth and ...
... nature , that any words will seem to out- run my subject . Truly " music is , " as Hoffman says , " the sanscrit of nature expressed in tones . " that cloudy pillar which led the Israelites of old , which rested upon the earth and ...
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... nature , the true and simple idea of his life . In Mozart we find the evolvement of impulse and passion , the humors of temperament and constitution , and the natural re - action of the mind upon incident . His music is dramatic and ...
... nature , the true and simple idea of his life . In Mozart we find the evolvement of impulse and passion , the humors of temperament and constitution , and the natural re - action of the mind upon incident . His music is dramatic and ...
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... nature asserts to the aspirations of the spirit , and that blind struggle between the soul and fate , as of one in the folds of a snake . Here is painted the spasmodic effort and failure , the aimless seek- ings the panting as for ...
... nature asserts to the aspirations of the spirit , and that blind struggle between the soul and fate , as of one in the folds of a snake . Here is painted the spasmodic effort and failure , the aimless seek- ings the panting as for ...
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... nature . Often after an intricate struggle for the expression of a subtle idea , the music suddenly breaks out into the wild- est and most terrific changes , catches at the most grotesque chords , and assumes a furious and terrible ...
... nature . Often after an intricate struggle for the expression of a subtle idea , the music suddenly breaks out into the wild- est and most terrific changes , catches at the most grotesque chords , and assumes a furious and terrible ...
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... nature , and demanding for its developement not the chance effort of a leisure hour , but the steady pursuit of a whole life ; an art whose laby- rinths it is permitted only to master spirits to thread ; a height from which the low ...
... nature , and demanding for its developement not the chance effort of a leisure hour , but the steady pursuit of a whole life ; an art whose laby- rinths it is permitted only to master spirits to thread ; a height from which the low ...
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Page 18 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style...
Page 21 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 15 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 13 - ... both. This division of power, it is true, is in a great measure unknown in Europe. It is the peculiar system of America ; and, though new and singular, it is not incomprehensible. The State constitutions are established by the people of the States. This Constitution is established by the people of all the States. How, then, can a State secede ? How can a State undo what the whole people have done ? How can she absolve her citizens from their obedience to the laws of the United States ? How can...
Page 11 - However gross a heresy it may be to maintain that a party to a compact has a right to revoke that compact, the doctrine itself has had respectable advocates. The possibility of a question of this nature proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE.
Page 4 - ... I trust it will be understood to be said with no design to excite feeling — a war to propagate wrongs in the Territories thus acquired from Mexico. It would be a war in which we should have no sympathies, no good wishes ; in which all mankind would be against us...
Page 45 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 9 - Of life, at that sweet time when winds are wooing All vital things that wake to bring News of birds and blossoming, — Sudden, thy shadow fell on me; I shrieked, and clasped my hands in ecstasy! VI I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine — have I not kept the vow?
Page 8 - I lay this down as the law of nations. I say that the military authority takes for the time the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the States where slavery exists have the exclusive management of the subject, not only the President of the United States but the commander of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves.
Page 14 - Secession, as a revolutionary right, is intelligible ; as a right to be proclaimed in the midst of civil commotions, and asserted at the head of armies, I can understand it. But as a practical right, existing under the constitution, and in conformity with its provisions, it seems to me...