I AM MUSIC, MOST ANCIENT OF THE ARTS. I'M MORE THAN ANCIENT: I AM ETERNAL. EVEN BEFORE LIFE COMMENCED UPON THIS EARTH,I WAS HERE-IN THE WIND AND WAVES. WHEN THE FIRST TREES, FLOWERS AND GRASSES APPEARED, I WAS AMONG THEM. WHEN MAN CAME, I AT ONCE BECAME THE MOST DELICATE, MOST SUBTLE, AND MOST POWERFUL MEDIUM FOR THE EXPRESSION OF MAN`S EMOTIONS. IN ALL AGES I HAVE INSPIRED MEN WITH HOPE, KINDLED THEIR LOVE, GIVEN A VOICE TO THEIR JOYS, CHEERED THEM ON VALOROUS DEEDS, AND SOOTHED THEM IN TIMES OF DESPAIR. THROUGH MY INFLUENCE NATURE HAS BEEN UPLIFTED, SWEETENED AND REFINED. WITH THE AID OF MEN, I HAVE BECOME A FINE ART. I AM IN THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN AND ON THEIR TONGUES, IN ALL LANDS AND AMONG ALL PEOPLE. EVEN THE DEAF HEAR ME, IF THE BUT LISTLEN TO THE VOICES OF THEIR OWN SOULS. I HAVE TAUGHT MEN GENTLENESS AND PEACE; AND I HAVE LED THEM ONWARD TO HEROIC DEEDS.I COMFORT THE LONELY, AND I HARMONIZE THE DISCORD OF CROWDS. I AM NECESSARY LUXURY TO ALL MEN. I AM MUSIC.
