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The voice has been so pure, so clear, so deep, so full of soft caressing tenderness, so strong to comfort, so gentle to soothe, it has seemed like one of those harmonies musicians tell us that they dream of, but can never chain to earth. THE VOICE HAS BEEN SO PURE SO CLEAR SO DEEP SO FULL OF SOFT CARESSING TENDERNESS SO STRONG TO COMFORT SO GENTLE TO SOOTHE IT HAS SEEMED LIKE ONE OF THOSE HARMONIES MUSICIANS TELL US THAT THEY DREAM OF BUT CAN NEVER CHAIN TO EARTH
nst even heaven itself. "Never, in any human drama, have I witnessed a more moving scene than this. Never has the voice of any actress (and I have seen some of the greatest, if any great ones are living) stirred my heart as did the voice of Rosa Lang, the Burgomaster's daughter. It was not the voice of one woman, it was the voice of Motherdom, gathered together from all the world over. "Oliver Wendell Holmes, in _The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_, I think, confesses to having been bewitched at different times by two women's voices, and adds that both these voices belonged to German women. I am not surprised at either statement of the good doctor's. I am sure if a man did fall in love with a voice, he would find, on tracing it to its source, that it was the voice of some homely-looking German woman. I have never heard such exquisite soul-drawing music in my life, as I have more than once heard float from the lips of some sweet-faced German Fraulein when she opened her mouth to speak. FE AGAINST ALL THE WORLD AGAINST EVEN HEAVEN ITSELF NEVER IN ANY HUMAN DRAMA HAVE I WITNESSED A MORE MOVING SCENE THAN THIS NEVER HAS THE VOICE OF ANY ACTRESS AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE GREATEST IF ANY GREAT ONES ARE LIVING STIRRED MY HEART AS DID THE VOICE OF ROSA LANG THE BURGOMASTER'S DAUGHTER IT WAS NOT THE VOICE OF ONE WOMAN IT WAS THE VOICE OF MOTHERDOM GATHERED TOGETHER FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES IN THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE I THINK CONFESSES TO HAVING BEEN BEWITCHED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY TWO WOMEN'S VOICES AND ADDS THAT BOTH THESE VOICES BELONG TO GERMAN WOMEN I AM NOT SURPRISED AT EITHER STATEMENT OF THE GOOD DOCTOR'S I AM SURE IF A MAN DID FALL IN LOVE WITH A VOICE HE WOULD FIND ON TRACING IT TO ITS SOURCE THAT IT WAS THE VOICE OF SOME HOMELY LOOKING GERMAN WOMAN I HAVE NEVER HEARD SUCH EXQUISITE SOUL DRAWING MUSIC IN MY LIFE AS I HAVE MORE THAN ONCE HEARD FLOAT FROM THE LIPS OF SOME SWEET FACED GERMAN FRAU LINE WHEN SHE OPENED HER MOUTH TO SPEAK
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