Labor Is The Fabled Magician's Wand, The

I Am A Thing Not New, I Am As Old As Human Nature. I Am That Which Lurks, Ready To Spring Whenever A Bar Is Loosed; The Ancient Trait Which Fights Incessantly Against Restraint, Balks At The Upward Climb; The Weight Forever Seeking To Obey The Law Of Downward Pull; And I Am More: The Bitter Fruit Am I Of Planted Seed; The Resultant, The Inevitable End Of Evil Forces And The Powers Of Wrong.

It Is From The Blues That All That May Be Called American Music Derives It Most Distinctive Characteristics.

This Country Can Have No More Democracy Than It Accords And Guarantees To The Humblest And Weakest Citizen.

It Is Strange How In Some Things Honest People Can Be Dishonest Without The Slightest Compunction.

At A Very Early Age I Began To Thump On The Piano Alone, And It Was Not Long Before I Was Able To Pick Out A Few Tunes? I Also Learned The Names Of The Notes In Both Clefs, But I Preferred Not Be Hampered By Notes.