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...err if you think that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IT HAS COME TO. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...anonymous author of "Debating" says, that in this matter we are "stubborn as mules." Let us beware, lest in trying to avoid the "sophomoric" and "claptrap," we err on the other side, and be charged with possessing some other undesirable qualities, besides stubbornness, of the above-mentioned animal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "DEBATING." | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...result is anything but musical." Perhaps to so extremely sensitive an ear as our author possesses, our time and tune may seem very bad. It is easy to see that some enthusiastic member of a society, with much voice and deficient musical education, may cause the tune to err slightly in the course of a long song with chorus. Even opera-choruses, with all the aids of conductor and orchestra, sometimes offend in this. But as to our time, we are very seldom much amiss. Men sing with a will, and are pretty sure to come out correctly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC AT HARVARD COLLEGE. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

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