James Fenimore Cooper Quote

The Americans … are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the habits and morals of a people is of the most beneficial tendency.


On Civilization - The American Democrat (1838)


The Americans … are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the...

The Americans … are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the...

The Americans … are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the...

The Americans … are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the...