His death, his many romances, his marriages, his debts and his stalwart personality canalized public curiosity, and after the doors had been thrown open a constantly growing stream of men, women, children, and again women, women, women, flowed into the house through the hall, into the big reception-room, past the modest coffin with its twin bouquets of violets, out of the side door and into the street again.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Chopin founded no school, although the possibilities of the piano were canalized by him.
"Chopin: The Man and His Music"
James Huneker
It has canalized European religion, fixed European law, and latterly launched a renewed political ideal.
"On Something"
H. Belloc