Nice Lincoln Quote

[Eva Elisabeth]

(08-01-2015 02:52 AM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  If there is anything that makes me go stark raving bonkers, it's having to listen to people read out loud...while I am trying to read or concentrate on something myself!!

If I understood it correctly, the "forced" audience was not supposed to read or do anything else than listening...
I personally cannot imagine the "silence" respectively "sound" monotony of those days without radio, TV, and access to music at every time (positively meant). I wonder how many people in those days have never had the chance to hear the sound of an orchestra.