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Music has a rhetoric of its own, often more eloquent than verbal utterance; but, allied to impassioned words, its combined power to control, to stir the feelings and emotions, is well nigh irresistible. Its martial strains fire the enthusiasm of the patriot to deeds of heroism in the cause of liberty; its plaintive and tender cadences vibrate with the thrill of affection, and the sympathetic bonds of domestic life; while its solemn peals awaken the heart to ecstasy and devotional rapture.
— FREDERICK SAUNDERS (LIBRARIAN)