Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 51
... soul- inspiring visions by the medium of harmony . It is true that geniuses like Beethoven and Mendelssohn occasionally used such themes for their compositions , and reproduced some of nature's great scenes ; but generally speaking ...
... soul- inspiring visions by the medium of harmony . It is true that geniuses like Beethoven and Mendelssohn occasionally used such themes for their compositions , and reproduced some of nature's great scenes ; but generally speaking ...
Page 177
... soul , and chiefly of the soul . But it is not only the work of the whole creature , it likewise addresses the whole creature . That in which the perfect being speaks must also have the perfect being to listen . I am not to spend my ...
... soul , and chiefly of the soul . But it is not only the work of the whole creature , it likewise addresses the whole creature . That in which the perfect being speaks must also have the perfect being to listen . I am not to spend my ...
Page 200
... soul and its journey through life . His greatest drama , Faust , was presented to the public in 1808 , and the world was startled and bewitched by that story of the mediæval doctor , who , in his burning desire for a knowledge of life's ...
... soul and its journey through life . His greatest drama , Faust , was presented to the public in 1808 , and the world was startled and bewitched by that story of the mediæval doctor , who , in his burning desire for a knowledge of life's ...
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