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can hold a pupil long enough to
It seldom happens that a teacher can hold a pupil long enough to carry out the complete course of mechanical study.
— from The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by David C. (David Clark) Taylor

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