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...work of Satan and that Satan was in it. In more recent years mechanical reproductions of the human throat have been attempted, but some of the vowel sounds could not be made to sound truly. For a long time organ manufacturers have tried to fashion a genuine " vox humana," a mechanical singing voice. It is said that the new device will bring the ideal of speaking dolls...
With the "revival of learning" again comes a revival of interest in shot guns, rifles, revolvers, automatics, alarm clocks, tin horns, and noise makers of every variety, including the ancient Chaldean instrument, the vox humana, to disturb the night air at about...
Yesterday the Boston vox populi exercised its quadrennial function and spoke out in favor of Mr. Curley for Mayor. Not entirely encouraging, this declaration; the believer in democracy may well question the practicability of government by the people...
...Harvard persists in its spirit of academic reserve, of stalwart refusal to admit that the "vox populi" is always the "vox Dei". It has at all times been a leader in American education because it has sought the Truth, and not because it has followed popular clamor. It has insisted on its right to set its own standards, no matter how defective they may have been; and in its students it has recognized the creative power of the individual and the small group as against the control of the crowd. The West may stand for that vague thing we call...
...Vox Populi, Mandolin Club...