Which quotation from the interview best illustrates Ingersoll's belief that the theater can positively affect society? "The great statues plead for proportion in life, the great symphonies suggest the melody of conduct, and the great plays cultivate the heart and brain."

"Dramatic poetry is the subtlest, profoundest, the most intellectual, the most passionate and artistic of all."

"The great actor must be acquainted with the heart, must know the motives, ends, objects and desires that control the thoughts and acts of men."

"The theatre has always been the home of music, and this music… should furnish rest and balm for minds overwrought with tragic deeds."