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The body was the instrument through which the soul manifested itself, just as the piano is the instrument through, or by which, a certain class or kind of music is manifested.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jacobs uses the analogy of a piano to illustrate how the body serves as an instrument for the soul.

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