OverstreetI have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
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When we say that music is the only means whereby we feel the emotions in their universality, we mean that only through music can we feel the universal emotions of joy, sadness, hope, and love. In fact, even if a person had never heard of music before, they could still understand this quote because music is a universal language everyone can understand.
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