THE HUMAN VOICE.
Morell Mackenzie, in Contftnporary'BMm |\ There can be no doubt that the vo?»W* f developed greatly since oar '* half •?«*** j ancestor*" wooed each other in «*» h primeval forests, and it ia conceiwg 9 ~ that it may in time to come acorn**®? I power of producing musical effect*!** % present undreamt of. It is also pro»* HS f enough that as the voice gains in Bff**tj l> ness It may lose In power, the &w» | qaallfcy being more required in barbiicf 1 than in highly civilized conditions. *** i the other hand, we are taller and of lsrg« I chest-girth than our predecessors even*' ;> a not very remote date. | therefore, to suppose that the &tmm j lung *and larynx are bigger nowadays $»* | the air-blast from the lungs sfcrosfP I Thie would appear to justify uslQ | Ing that the voice is stronger than it*** | even two or three centuries aao. i*»f are, however, no facta that Ikaowei" » prove it. ..->./ [
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7476, 25 November 1889, Page 2
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