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Literary
April 28, 1801
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Detached Thoughts: Reflections praising music as essential to refined character, quoting Shakespeare on those unmoved by it; contrasts fleeting wealth and titles with enduring peace, contentment, modesty, and humility in illustrious lives.
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MUSIC is one of the seven sciences, and is justly admired by all people of a fine taste, and who love the liberal arts.
A man who has no taste for music, is destitute of a feeling which, we are informed will be of high estimation in another system.
The want of a taste for Music, is a sign of a barbarous disposition, and those who are not affected with its charms are in character something below the beasts of the field.
Shakespeare, that sagacious piercer into human nature, writes thus:
The man that has not Music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treason, villanies and spoils,
The motions of his spirits dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus;
Let no such man be trusted.
Wealth and titles are only the gifts of fortune; but peace and contentment are the peculiar endowments of a well disposed mind.
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life, is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character of the most exalted princes.
Titles of honor are like the impressions on coin, which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.
MUSIC is one of the seven sciences, and is justly admired by all people of a fine taste, and who love the liberal arts.
A man who has no taste for music, is destitute of a feeling which, we are informed will be of high estimation in another system.
The want of a taste for Music, is a sign of a barbarous disposition, and those who are not affected with its charms are in character something below the beasts of the field.
Shakespeare, that sagacious piercer into human nature, writes thus:
The man that has not Music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treason, villanies and spoils,
The motions of his spirits dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus;
Let no such man be trusted.
Wealth and titles are only the gifts of fortune; but peace and contentment are the peculiar endowments of a well disposed mind.
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life, is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character of the most exalted princes.
Titles of honor are like the impressions on coin, which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Music
Moral Disposition
Shakespeare
Wealth
Modesty
Titles
Honor
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The Man That Has Not Music In Himself,
Nor Is Not Moved With Concord Of Sweet Sounds,
Is Fit For Treason, Villanies And Spoils,
The Motions Of His Spirits Dull As Night,
And His Affections Dark As Erebus;
Let No Such Man Be Trusted.