I’ve always found it tragic that we don’t have any audio of Eugene Debs’s voice. What was so resonant, so stirring to audiences — its timbre, its pitch, its syncopation? How, with the simple emission of sound waves, could Debs evoke such feelings of ardor and emotion? We have plenty of secondhand accounts, but no way to judge for ourselves. Nor do we have any footage of his addresses, so
I share your enduring hope that there is, somewhere, a phonograph of his voice. It would mean the world to me after reading so many of his speeches and multiple books on the man. The footage is a good consolation in the meantime. Thanks for sharing!
I share your enduring hope that there is, somewhere, a phonograph of his voice. It would mean the world to me after reading so many of his speeches and multiple books on the man. The footage is a good consolation in the meantime. Thanks for sharing!