(I didn't write any notes for this piece of media. Foolish me!)

Highlights

Democracy is the philosophy of making friends on equal terms, not of creating master-servant relationships. I want to have good friends, and I want to be a good friend to other people. But I do not want a good master or a good servant.

Julian Mintz was a performer, not a composer; he was a translator, not a writer. He himself wanted to be that way and indeed became the most proficient performer and translator. He never once hid his model; there's no reason he should be called a plagiariser. There is no great music that could impress the audience without ever being performed.

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