Indeed The Influence Of Music On The

For Extending Its Sway, Partly By Force Of Arms, Partly By The Voluntary Submission Of Weaker Tribes, The Community Soon Acquires Wealth And Slaves, Both Of Which, By Relieving Some Classes From The Perpetual Struggle For A Bare Subsistence, Afford Them An Opportunity Of Devoting Themselves To That Disinterested Pursuit Of Knowledge Which Is The Noblest And Most Powerful Instrument To Ameliorate The Lot Of Man.

Yet Perhaps No Sacrifice Is Wholly Useless Which Proves There Are Men Who Prefer Honour To Life.

For There Are Strong Grounds For Thinking That, In The Evolution Of Thought, Magic Has Preceded Religion.

Small Minds Cannot Grasp Great Ideas; To Their Narrow Comprehension, Their Purblind Vision, Nothing Seems Really Great And Important But Themselves.

In Primitive Society, Where Uniformity Of Occupation Is The Rule, And The Distribution Of The Community Into Various Classes Of Workers Has Hardly Begun, Every Man Is More Or Less His Own Magician; He Practices Charms And Incantations For His Own Good And The Injury Of His Enemies.