New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20
EoHLls LIFE or BEETHOVEN.
4 pRETEETlQUs BIOGRAPHY.
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nvm y, .c,,s Volnme or other; perhaps
f,r ono Of his miscellaneous col
s'',,o NV ,,yought into the biography
$500. 80. tsorotiow ne has happy faculty
- notion and rarely did an error in
!. lose ,ythng by the time 1t was IN
.,,,rstsd into his book. whoever supposes that
;sy t,s nrIl.eation Of his book Nohls vocation as
fsa,lsopat ceased ia greatly mistaken
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ny = ,sater advantage IN point
scsf.a'n'y VS. ,y.. s..inlss though ahonndine in
y ~ statements in his books
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81 has s.rsne faith. justified by experience that
the great mass Of readers knows nothing Of or has
forgotten, his essays of dozen years since and,
nm the other hand that the few whose vocation IT IL
10 maintain their knowledge of current musical lit-
eratnre fresh and complete will continue their
,,,anca In regard to him and his writings, This is
:, cven the writer whom he has so plundcred al
iows. him TO no on for dozen years with impunty.
III Il obvious that the substsnse Of an article
written long aao and now forgotten may be used
.ea,p and. IL It's treatment correspond to the new
ra,,ts On the subiecf may repeat its tTansmiga-
tans a l. also obvious that, II the new articles do
as CORRESPOND 10 the present state OF knowledge,
lhey WI, ba rejected: and further, that, il the
,eadar lie led TO perceive the fiat contradictions
between them aad the biography, the credit and
~. of the latter VIII suffer- The problem is to
wr,te articles which will sell, and yet shall not
,ffeet--exaept fayorably--the sale OF his books.
xobl solves 1t cunningly His PROGRESSED lnsenS'-
blity to ali the obligations OF literary honor, nom
tsty and far play. as understood by English and
American writers. enables him to ignore them.
Tree from such restrictions, bis method IS simple
for the most part lie conveys with no limit that
Ills statements of fact sre not the results OF his own
Boosted independent research" =; In other cases ne
,a,ses his authority on some minor point in stch
manner that the reader, pleased with his candor
shall accept the bnlk Of the plagiarism as original
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