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The philologists are being crushed by the Greeks  perhaps we can put up with this  but antiquity itself threatens to be crushed by these philologists! Think that over, you easy going young man; and turn back, lest you too should not be an iconoclast!'" THE PHILOLOGISTS ARE BEING CRUSHED BY THE GREEKS PERHAPS WE CAN PUT UP WITH THIS BUT ANTIQUITY ITSELF THREATENS TO BE CRUSHED BY THESE PHILOLOGISTS THINK THAT OVER YOU EASY GOING YOUNG MAN AND TURN BACK LEST YOU TOO SHOULD NOT BE AN ICONOCLAST
ty, and harangue him as follows: 'Young sir, do you know what perils threaten you, with your little stock of school learning, before you become a man in the full sense of the word? Have you heard that, according to Aristotle, it is by no means a tragic death to be slain by a statue? Does that surprise you? Know, then, that for centuries philologists have been trying, with ever-failing strength, to re-erect the fallen statue of Greek antiquity, but without success; for it is a colossus around which single individual men crawl like pygmies. The leverage of the united representatives of modern culture is utilised for the purpose; but it invariably happens that the huge column is scarcely more than lifted from the ground when it falls down again, crushing beneath its weight the luckless wights under it. That, however, may be tolerated, for every being must perish by some means or other; but who is there to guarantee that during all these attempts the statue itself will not break in pieces! ON THE STUDY OF ANTIQUITY AND HARANGUE HIM AS FOLLOWS YOUNG SIR DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERILS THREATEN YOU WITH YOUR LITTLE STOCK OF SCHOOL LEARNING BEFORE YOU BECOME A MAN IN THE FULL SENSE OF THE WORD HAVE YOU HEARD THAT ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE IT IS BY NO MEANS A TRAGIC DEATH TO BE SLAIN BY A STATUE DOES THIS SURPRISE YOU NO THEN THAT FOR CENTURIES PHILOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN TRYING WITH EVER FAILING STRENGTH TO RE ERECT THE FALLEN STATUE OF GREEK ANTIQUITY BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS FOR IT IS A COLOSSUS AROUND WHICH SINGLE INDIVIDUAL MEN CRAWL LIKE PYGMIES THE LEVERAGE OF THE UNITED REPRESENTATIVES OF MODERN CULTURE IS UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE BUT IT INVARIABLY HAPPENS THAT THE HUGE COLUMN IS SCARCELY MORE THAN LIFTED FROM THE GROUND WHEN IT FALLS DOWN AGAIN CRUSHING BENEATH ITS WEIGHT THE LUCKLESS WEIGHTS UNDER IT THAT HOWEVER MAY BE TOLERATED FOR EVERY BEING MUST PERISH BY SOME MEANS OR ANOTHER BUT WHO IS THERE TO GUARANTEE THAT DURING ALL THESE ATTEMPTS THE STATUE ITSELF WILL NOT BREAK INTO PIECES
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