Matthew Guerreri, whose writings on music I always enjoy and look forward to, heads his latest NewMusicBox column with a quote from 1842: [Richard Monckton] Milnes brought [Thomas] Carlyle to the railway, and showed him the departing train. Carlyle looked at it and then said, “These are our poems, Milnes.” Milnes ought to have answered, “Aye, and our histories, Carlyle.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, … [Read more...]
Lawrence Dillon: Connecting the Dots
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