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In Reply to: RE: Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast? posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 02, 2020 at 16:13:05
Not to be a pedant (sorry:) but the actual line from "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve is "music hath charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak." Yes... savage breast.
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. . . I was trying to take into account the devolution which has taken place since his time. Remember, devolution is VERY real!
I'm a semi-pedant: I recognized the misquotation, but I didn't know the original source.
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