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On the other hand, it would seem in the meantime as if the spirit of antiquity, in its fundamental principles, had already been driven away from the portals of the public schools, and as if here also the gates were thrown open as widely as possible to the be flattered and pampered type of our present self styled "German culture." ON THE OTHER HAND IT WOULD SEEM IN THE MEANTIME AS IF THE SPIRIT OF ANTIQUITY IN ITS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE PORTALS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AS IF HERE ALSO THE GATES WERE THROWN OPEN AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE BE FLATTERED AND PAMPERED TYPE OF OUR PRESENT SELF STYLED GERMAN CULTURE
effect of which was that the expression "classical education" still lived on and had not yet lost its pathetic sound. These two worthy men saw clearly, by the system of instruction in vogue, that the time was not yet ripe for a higher culture, a culture founded upon that of the ancients: the neglected state of linguistic instruction; the forcing of students into learned historical paths, instead of giving them a practical training; the connection of certain practices, encouraged in the public schools, with the objectionable spirit of our journalistic publicity--all these easily perceptible phenomena of the teaching of German led to the painful certainty that the most beneficial of those forces which have come down to us from classical antiquity are not yet known in our public schools: forces which would train students for the struggle against the barbarism of the present age, and which will perhaps once more transform the public schools into the arsenals and workshops of this struggle. ILLUSION THE BEST EFFECT OF WHICH WAS THAT THE EXPRESSION CLASSICAL EDUCATION LIVED ON AND HAD NOT YET LOST ITS PATHETIC SOUND THESE TWO WORTHY MEN SAW CLEARLY BY THE SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION IN VOGUE THAT THE TIME WAS NOT YET RIPE FOR HIGHER CULTURE A CULTURE FOUNDED UPON THAT OF THE ANCIENTS THE NEGLECTED STATE OF LINGUISTIC INSTRUCTION THE FORCING OF STUDENTS INTO LEARNED HISTORICAL PATHS INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM A PRACTICAL TRAINING THE CONNECTION OF CERTAIN PRACTICES ENCOURAGED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE OBJECTIONABLE SPIRIT OF OUR JOURNALISTIC PUBLICITY ALL THESE EASILY PERCEPTIBLE PHENOMENA OF THE TEACHING OF GERMAN LED TO THE PAINFUL CERTAINTY THAT THE MOST BENEFICIAL OF THESE FORCES WHICH WOULD HAVE COME DOWN TO US FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY ARE NOT YET KNOWN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FORCES WHICH WOULD TRAIN STUDENTS FOR THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BARBARISM OF THE PRESENT AGE AND WHICH WILL PERHAPS ONCE MORE TRANSFORM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTO THE ARSENALS AND WORKSHOPS OF THIS STRUGGLE
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