It Is Easy To Become The Dupe

The Common Stock Of Intellectual Enjoyment Should Not Be Difficult Of Access Because Of The Economic Position Of Him Who Would Approach It.

An Unscrupulous Contractor Regards No Basement As Too Dark, No Stable Loft Too Foul, No Rear Shanty Too Provisional, No Tenement Room Too Small For His Workroom As These Conditions Imply Low Rental.

I Might Believe I Had Unusual Talent If I Did Not Know What Good Music Was; I Might Enjoy Half An Hour's Practice A Day If I Were Busy And Happy The Rest Of The Time. You Do Not Know What Life Means When All The Difficulties Are Removed! I Am Simply Smothered And Sickened With Advantages. It Is Like Eating A Sweet Dessert The First Thing In The Morning.

Even Death Itself Sometimes Fails To Bring The Dignity And Serenity Which One Would Fain Associate With Old Age.

In A Thousand Voices Singing The Hallelujah Chorus In Handel's "messiah," It Is Possible To Distinguish The Leading Voices, But The Differences Of Training And Cultivation Between Them And The Voices In The Chorus, Are Lost In The Unity Of Purpose And In The Fact That They Are All Human Voices Lifted By A High Motive.