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A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have...more

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Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own: under the influence of music I ...more

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What is music? What does it do to us? And why does it do to us what it does? People say that music has an uplifting effect on the soul: what rot! It i...more

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After dinner Natasha went to the clavichord, at Prince Andrey's request, and began singing. Prince Andrey stood at the window, talking to the ladies, ...more

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Natasha, with a vigorous turn from her heel on to her toe, walked over to the middle of the room and stood still... Natasha took the first note, her t...more