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chief incentive to action, and therefore through the emotions
it must influence the moral actions. Furthermore this sci
ence says that “taste rightly developed can no more fail to
distinguish morality from immorality than it can fail to
discriminate between life and death, health and disease, exalt
the first and hide the second in d e fo rm ity a n d again,
^Beauty stands in the same relation to action as right; like
it, enjoins and forbids, rewards and punishes.”' Since then
music is the highest type of beauty, that which prepares the
way for all other forms of the beautiful'/ it must' possess in a
high degree this power for good; must steal gently into
many a secret corner and work those transformations in the
moral life which the stern laws of ethics try in vain "to; effect.
Jennie Lilly, ’10.
T o K u b e lik
Thou genius from whose soul a voice now speaks
In accents low and tones most sweet to me,
Think me not bold if I address to thee
This tribute that from thee no favor seeks.
I see thee yet, with eyes bright and pale cheeks,
Stand with thine instrument clasped tenderly
Against thy breast, thy look most lovingly
Bent upon her to whom thy music speaks.
My soul was thrilled with exquisite sweetness
Wrought from thy violin and magic bow,
By thy firm touch so full of gentleness,
In all thy perfect tones so soft and low.
Methought it was a sad, yet happy bird
Whose early-morning,'joyous song I heard.
F. Helene Robinson.