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Take away the Greeks, together with philosophy and art, and what ladder have you still remaining by which to ascend to culture? For, if you attempt to clamber up the ladder without these helps, you must permit me to inform you that all your learning will lie like a heavy burden on your shoulders rather than furnishing you with wings and bearing you aloft. TAKE AWAY THE GREEKS TOGETHER WITH PHILOSOPHY AND ART AND WHAT LADDER HAVE YOU STILL REMAINING BY WHICH TO ASCEND TO CULTURE FOR IF YOU ATTEMPT TO CLAMBER UP THE LADDER WITHOUT THESE HOPES YOU MUST PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU THAT ALL YOUR LEARNING WILL LIE LIKE A HEAVY BURDEN ON YOUR SHOULDERS RATHER THAN FURNISHING YOU WITH WINGS AND BEARING YOU ALOFT
er to the immodest pretensions of the universities to represent themselves as the highest educational institutions. "We find our academical 'independents' growing up without philosophy and without art; and how can they then have any need to 'go in for' the Greeks and Romans?--for we need now no longer pretend, like our forefathers, to have any great regard for Greece and Rome, which, besides, sit enthroned in almost inaccessible loneliness and majestic alienation. The universities of the present time consequently give no heed to almost extinct educational predilections like these, and found their philological chairs for the training of new and exclusive generations of philologists, who on their part give similar philological preparation in the public schools--a vicious circle which is useful neither to philologists nor to public schools, but which above all accuses the university for the third time of not being what it so pompously proclaims itself to be--a training ground for culture. S IS THE CUTTING ANSWER TO THE IMMODEST PRETENSIONS OF THE UNIVERSITIES TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES AS THE HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WE FIND OUR ACADEMICAL INDEPENDENCE GROWING UP WITHOUT PHILOSOPHY AND WITHOUT ART AND HOW CAN THEY THEN HAVE ANY NEED TO GO IN FOR THE GREEKS AND ROMANS FOR WE NEED NOW NO LONGER PRETEND LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS TO HAVE ANY GREAT REGARD FOR GREECE AND ROME WHICH BESIDES SIT ENTHRONED IN ALMOST INACCESSIBLE LONELINESS AND MAJESTIC ALIENATION THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE PRESENT TIME CONSEQUENTLY GIVE NO HEED TO ALMOST EXTINCT EDUCATIONAL PREDILECTIONS LIKE THESE AND FOUND THEIR PHILOLOGICAL CHAIRS FOR THE TRAINING OF NEW AND EXCLUSIVE GENERATIONS OF PHILOLOGISTS WHO ON THEIR PART GIVE SIMILAR PHILOLOGICAL PREPARATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS A VICIOUS CIRCLE WHICH IS USEFUL NEITHER TO PHILOLOGISTS NOR TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT WHICH ABOVE ALL ACCUSES THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE THIRD TIME OF NOT BEING WHAT IT SO POMPOUSLY PROCLAIMS ITSELF TO BE A TRAINING GROUND FOR CULTURE
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