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Scan 61
A teacher of the violin and other tales, 1891
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 45. See the scan on archive.org.
1They are not devils. Herr von Saale,' he went on, with, for him, considerable earnestness, 'do not believe it. I fancy that you are in danger of falling into the fatal error of supposing that you can play on the violin in the same way that you can whistle an air, by the mere force of the mental faculty. You cannot form a more mistaken notion. The variation of the thirty-secondth of an inch in the sudden movement of the finger on the string will cause the note to be out of tune; and the man who puts his finger on the right spot at the right second of time, though he may have no more mental instinct than a pig, will produce in the utmost perfection the chords of the most angelic composer.'
3'I deny it!' cried the master, in a kind of fury, walking up and down the long room, 'I deny it! There is true sympathy and co-operation in the nerves and tissues of this faithful despised servant, the material human
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