Scan 18
The violin : solo playing, soloists and solos, 1905
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1exercise an undue influence over anyone's principles. I want you all to simply read them; and it will be your pleasure to adopt or reject what you please. I only wish to offer my opinions. How to become a soloist is a deep, complex, and intricate question, and can only be answered by patient enquiry, assiduous practice and careful comparison.
3I fully expect a good number of my readers to differ from me, but I am conscious of no feelings of animosity towards them. I hope I shall say nothing inconsistent with professional etiquette and courtesy, and nothing at variance with that good feeling on which the friendship of violinists essentially depends.
5Recollecting that the subject is intimately connected with our highest interests, as violinists, I shall treat it with all seriousness. I wish to be distinctly understood that my remarks do not take the form of instruction to a pupil, as I address myself to those who have already received a little culture. I shall endeavour to say what I want to say in plain and intelligible words, and if I do not produce the desired effect, I am too sensible of my own unworthiness, to ascribe it to any other cause. I sincerely trust that the thoughts I convey will tend to your improvement, both in the knowledge and practice of your favourite instrument.
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