SEED THOUGHTS FOR SINGERS.

BY


FRANK HERBERT TUBBS,

Musical Director, New York Vocal Institute.

NEW YORK,
FRANK H. TUBBS, 121 WEST 42D STREET.
1897.

Copyright, 1897, Frank H. Tubbs.

PREFACE.

There are times when one feels that he must turn from himself andreceive suggestion, if not direct instruction, from some one else.Originating thought is more difficult than is the taking of otherthought. By delving below the thought received we learn to originate. Itis not necessarily an admission of weakness, that we turn to another,for busy life uses up our mental energy and throws us into mentalinactivity. It is at such times that we turn to books and teachers.

Thought is a substance which, as such, is only in our day being fullyinvestigated. It is the expression of an idea and is the direct cause ofall action. The slightest movement is made possible only through thoughton perceived or unconscious mental activity. The more thoroughlydirected actions are the expression of considered thought. Habit andmovement by intuition are expressions of undirected thought. Changingfrom the latter condition to that of planned or considered action makesall action stronger and more definite. The thinking man becomes theleader of men.

"Seed-thoughts" are such as produce other thoughts. Hardly have wereached the realm of ideas. It is a step—not long, yetwell-defined—from thought to idea. This little volume does not proposeto take that step. It is content to stop, in all modesty, at that place.Its suggestions are sent out to busy teachers and students to lodge inmind as plantings in good mental soil. That they will take root, springup and bear fruit, is fondly hoped. What the harvest of thought inothers may be is idle to speculate upon, but the hope exists that theremay be two or three times the amount used in planting when all shallhave been gathered in. In this hope the "Seed-thought" is sent on itsmission.

121 West 42d Street,
New York.