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of art as it appeals to si^ht, fail of the uplifting power of paint- 

 in^^and sculpture and architecture, antl of the beauties of na- 

 ture; no wonder then, if some of our musicians fail of receiving 

 the full, refining, exalting influence of their art. Yet it is worth 

 while always to train for the highest, even for the sake of the 

 few that reach it. There is no loss in the expression of aspira- 

 tion for the highest and noblest in thought and feeling and 

 purpose. Music in its supreme result is the expression of the 

 loftiest sentiments of the soul, and has in it the reaching up 

 toward that which is heavenly and divine. 



