and on the results which these great foundations would have on the universe.

I had often heard him, but under no circumstances had I ever heard him develop such a wealth and compass of imagination.

Whether it was the richness of his subject, or whether his faculties had become excited by the scene he conjured up, and all the chords of the instrument vibrated at once, he was sublime."] [Footnote 1182: Roederer, III., 541 (February 2, 1809): "I love power.
But I love it as an artist....

I love it as a musician loves his violin, for the tones, chords, and harmonies he can get out of it."].