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engine ; but the melody and harmony, the 

 sequence and co-existence of notes, are 

 determined by the dominating mind of the 

 musician : not necessarily of the executant 

 alone, for the composer's mind may be 

 evoked to some extent even by a pianola. 

 The music may be said to be incarnate in 

 the roll of paper which is ready to be passed 

 through the instrument. So also can the 

 conception of any artist receive material 

 embodiment in his work, and if a picture or 

 a beautiful building is destroyed it can be 

 made to rise again from its ashes provided the 

 painter or the architect still lives : in other 

 words, his thought can receive a fresh in- 

 carnation ; and a perception of the beautiful 

 form shall hereafter, in a kindred spirit, 

 arouse similar ideas. 



There is thus a truth in materialism, but 

 it is not a truth readily to be apprehended 

 and formulated. Matter may become 

 imbued with life, and full of vital association ; 

 something of the personality of a departed 

 owner seems to cling sometimes about an 



