Excerpt from The Human Voice, Its Production and Cultivation: An Essay Read Before the Classes of the National School of Elocution and Oratory, April 16th, 1891, 1414 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa There is much that is uncertain there is much that is willfully obscured, yet there is also much that is plain, and so philosophical' that the student may comprehend, receive, and apply it. Hobbies have their uses they start new lines of investigation and often are the forerunners of ultimate truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.