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"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. 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
s going to face sorrow and death at Jerusalem. Mary's instinct tells her that this is so, and she pleads to him to stay. "Poor Mary! To others he is the Christ, the Saviour of mankind, setting forth upon his mighty mission to redeem the world. To loving Mary Mother, he is her son: the baby she has suckled at her breast, the little one she has crooned to sleep upon her lap, whose little cheek has lain against her heart, whose little feet have made sweet music through the poor home at Bethany: he is her boy, her child; she would wrap her mother's arms around him and hold him safe 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. ST CLOSELY HOME TO US JESUS IS GOING TO FACE SORROW AND DEATH AT JERUSALEM MARY'S INSTINCT TELLS HER THAT THIS IS SO AND SHE PLEADS TO HIM TO STAY POOR MARY TO OTHERS HE IS THE CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF MANKIND SETTING FORTH UPON HIS MIGHTY MISSION TO REDEEM THE WORLD THE LOVING MARY MOTHER HE IS HER SON THE BABY SHE HAS SUCKLED AT HER BREAST THE LITTLE ONE SHE HAS CROONED TO SLEEP UPON HER LAP WHOSE LITTLE CHEEK HAS LAIN AGAINST HER HEART WHOSE LITTLE FEET HAVE MADE SWEET MUSIC THROUGH THE POOR HOME OF BETHANY HE IS HER BOY HER CHILD SHE WOULD WRAP HER MOTHER'S ARMS AROUND HIM AND HOLD HIM SAFE 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
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