large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_64
large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb
English
11381
If you notice no physical loathing in yourselves when you meet with certain words and tricks of speech in our journalistic jargon, cease from striving after culture; for here in your immediate vicinity, at every moment of your life, while you are either speaking or writing, you have a touchstone for testing how difficult, how stupendous, the task of the cultured man is, and how very improbable it must be that many of you will ever attain to culture.' IF YOU NOTICE NO PHYSICAL LOATHING IN YOURSELF WHEN YOU MEET WITH CERTAIN WORDS AND TRICKS OF SPEECH IN OUR JOURNALISTIC JARGON CEASE FROM STRIVING AFTER CULTURE FOR HERE IN YOUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY AT EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU ARE EITHER SPEAKING OR WRITING YOU HAVE A TOUCHSTONE FOR TESTING HOW DIFFICULT HOW STUPENDOUS THE TASK OF THE CULTURED MAN IS AND HOW VERY IMPROBABLE IT MUST BE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL EVER ATTAIN TO CULTURE
ou what it should be. Everybody speaks and writes German as thoroughly badly as it is just possible to do so in an age of newspaper German: that is why the growing youth who happens to be both noble and gifted has to be taken by force and put under the glass shade of good taste and of severe linguistic discipline. If this is not possible, I would prefer in future that Latin be spoken; for I am ashamed of a language so bungled and vitiated. "What would be the duty of a higher educational institution, in this respect, if not this--namely, with authority and dignified severity to put youths, neglected, as far as their own language is concerned, on the right path, and to cry to them: 'Take your own language seriously! He who does not regard this matter as a sacred duty does not possess even the germ of a higher culture. From your attitude in this matter, from your treatment of your mother-tongue, we can judge how highly or how lowly you esteem art, and to what extent you are related to it. IC SCHOOLS I SHALL FIRST OF ALL TELL YOU WHAT IT SHOULD BE EVERY ONE SPEAKS AND WRITES GERMAN AS THOROUGHLY BAD AS IT IS JUST POSSIBLE TO DO SO IN AN AGE OF NEWSPAPER GERMAN THAT IS WHY THE GROWING YOUTH WHO HAPPENS TO BE BOTH NOBLE AND GIFTED HAS TO BE TAKEN BY FORCE AND PUT UNDER THE GLASS SHADE OF GOOD TASTE AND SEVERE LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINE IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE I WOULD PREFER IN FUTURE THAT LATIN BE SPOKEN FOR I AM ASHAMED OF A LANGUAGE SO BUNGLED AND VITIATED WHAT WOULD BE THE DUTY OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THIS RESPECT IF NOT THIS NAMELY WITH AUTHORITY AND DIGNIFIED SEVERITY TO PUT YOUTHS NEGLECTED AS FAR AS THEIR OWN LANGUAGE IS CONCERNED ON THE RIGHT PATH AND TO CRY TO THEM TAKE YOUR LANGUAGE SERIOUSLY HE WHO DOES NOT REGARD THIS MATTER AS A SACRED DUTY DOES NOT POSSESS EVEN THE GERM OF HIGH CULTURE FROM YOUR ATTITUDE IN THIS MANNER FROM YOUR TREATMENT OF YOUR MOTHER TONGUE WE CAN JUDGE HOW HIGHLY OR HOW LOWLY YOU ESTEEM ART AND TO WHAT EXTENT YOU ARE RELATED TO IT
large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb.flac