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"In accordance with the spirit of this address, the teacher of German at a public school would be forced to call his pupil's attention to thousands of details, and with the absolute certainty of good taste, to forbid their using such words and expressions, for instance, as: '_beanspruchen_,' '_vereinnahmen_,' '_einer Sache Rechnung tragen_,' '_die Initiative ergreifen_,' '_selbstverständlich_,'[3] etc., _cum tædio in infinitum_. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS ADDRESS THE TEACHER OF GERMAN AT PUBLIC SCHOOL WOULD BE FORCED TO CALL HIS PUPILS ATTENTION TO THOUSANDS OF DETAILS AND WITH THE ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY OF GOOD TASTE TO FORBID THEIR USING SUCH WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS FOR INSTANCE BAHINE SPROKEN VERE NOMEN I NA SAJA WRECHNTRAGON THE ENUNITIATIVE EH GRYPHEN SELFSPHE STANLES ET CETERA CUM TAVO IN INFIDIUM
d 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. 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. AGE 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 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
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