Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a taste for them, for their own sakes, can hardly be said to exist, and before they can be recommended as innocent or safe amusements, a very great change of ideas must take place.

The barrier has begun to yield.

Occurrences which according to received theories ought not to happen, are the facts which serve as clues to new discoveries

Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.

To the natural philosopher, there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. From the least of Nature's works he may learn the greatest lessons.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

There is a pinciple in the heart of music which has yet to be discovered.