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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear read more
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.
A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.
 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
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 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
  I have no further with you. 
 A sweet voice, a little indistinct and muffled, which caresses 
and does not thrill; an utterance which glides on read more 
 A sweet voice, a little indistinct and muffled, which caresses 
and does not thrill; an utterance which glides on without 
emphasis, and lays stress on what is deeply felt. 
 Two voices are there; one is of the sea,
 One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.  
 Two voices are there; one is of the sea,
 One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. 
Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet read more
Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
It is the still small voice that the soul heeds; not the deafening blasts of doom.
It is the still small voice that the soul heeds; not the deafening blasts of doom.
 Her voice changed like a bird's:
 There grew more of the music, and less of the words.  
 Her voice changed like a bird's:
 There grew more of the music, and less of the words. 
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]  
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]