instrumental music is not permitted in the Greek Church, but the human voice forms generally the most effective portion of the service; and of course the choir of St. Isaac's is remarkable for its excellence.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Let us, for the sake of argument, grant that all our instrumental observations are wrong.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Here is a condition of things in which I believed, and still believe, the eye, without instrumental assistance, places the sun at about the same height for every hour of the day and night.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook