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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2003/09

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:24:03 -0400

"Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the

romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the
soul
of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethove
n
climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both!
Each
represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due t
o
both."

-Henri-Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Amiel (1821=E2=80=931881) Swiss philosopher, poet
Journal Intime, entry for Dec. 17, 1856