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It was precisely the public schools which drove me into despair and solitude, simply because I feel that if the struggle here leads to victory all other educational institutions must give in; but that, if the reformer be forced to abandon his cause here, he may as well give up all hope in regard to every other scholastic question. IT WAS PRECISELY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH DROVE ME INTO DESPAIR AND SOLITUDE SIMPLY BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF THE STRUGGLE HERE LEADS TO VICTORY ALL OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MUST GIVE IN BUT THAT IF THE REFORMER BE FORCED TO ABANDON HIS CAUSE HERE HE MAY AS WELL GIVE UP ALL HOPE IN REGARD TO EVERY OTHER SCHOLASTIC QUESTION
, so many still believe, in perfect good faith, that heavy hands are a necessary factor in pedagogic work." "My dear master," said the younger man, "I wish you could point to one single example which would assist me in seeing the soundness of the hopes which you so heartily raise in me. We are both acquainted with public schools; do you think, for instance, that in respect of these institutions anything may be done by means of honesty and good and new ideas to abolish the tenacious and antiquated customs now extant? In this quarter, it seems to me, the battering-rams of an attacking party will have to meet with no solid wall, but with the most fatal of stolid and slippery principles. The leader of the assault has no visible and tangible opponent to crush, but rather a creature in disguise that can transform itself into a hundred different shapes and, in each of these, slip out of his grasp, only in order to reappear and to confound its enemy by cowardly surrenders and feigned retreats. CAUSES WHEREAS AT PRESENT SO MANY STILL BELIEVE IN PERFECT GOOD FAITH THAT HEAVY HANDS ARE A NECESSARY FACTOR IN PEDAGOGIC WORK MY DEAR MASTER SAID THE YOUNGER MAN I WISH YOU COULD POINT TO ONE SINGLE EXAMPLE WHICH WOULD ASSIST ME IN SEEING THE SOUNDNESS OF THE HOPES WHICH YOU SO HEARTILY RAISE IN ME WE ARE BOTH ACQUAINTED WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO YOU THINK FOR INSTANCE THAT IN RESPECT OF THESE INSTITUTIONS ANYTHING MAY BE DONE BY MEANS OF HONESTY AND GOOD AND NEW IDEAS TO ABOLISH THE TENACIOUS AND ANTIQUATED CUSTOMS NOW EXTANT IN THIS QUARTER IT SEEMS TO ME THE BATTERING RAMS OF AN ATTACKING PARTY WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH NO SOLID WALL BUT WITH THE MOST FATAL OF STOLID AND SLIPPERY PRINCIPLES THE LEADER OF THE ASSAULT HAS NO VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE OPPONENT TO CRUSH BUT RATHER A CREATURE IN DISGUISE THAT CAN TRANSFORM ITSELF INTO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT SHAPES AND IN EACH OF THESE SLIP OUT OF HIS GRIP ONLY IN ORDER TO REAPPEAR AND TO CONFOUND ITS ENEMY BY COWARDLY SURRENDERS AND FEIGNED RETREATS
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