 | Kindergarten - 1895 - 748 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gayety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...never-the-less dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." First of all, then, the kindergartner must be musical, and must sing. Begin at once to train the lips,... | |
 | Music - 1889 - 796 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." He quotes, too, a luminous phrase of Carlyle's : " Music is a kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1889 - 296 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form."—PLATO. CHAPTER VII MUSIC Music is in one sense far more ancient than man, and the voice was... | |
 | Literature - 1891 - 524 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." In his second conference, Professor Ritter recalls the history of the romantic movement in Germany,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Christian life - 1891 - 304 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." "Music," said Luther, " is a fair and glorious gift from God. I would not for all the world renounce... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - Education - 1893 - 862 pages
...soul to the universe, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gayety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." "Music," said Luther, "is one of the best arts. The notes breathe life into the text. Music drives... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1894 - 358 pages
...universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that...nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form." "Music," said Luther, "is a fair and glorious gift from God. I would not for the world renounce my... | |
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Prose writers have also been inspired by Music to their highest eloquence. " Music," said Plato, " is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is... 
