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What do you think it will seem like to these men when they hear of projects from which they are excluded _beneficio naturæ_; of commands which their mediocre abilities are totally unable to carry out; of hopes which find no echo in them; of battles the war cries of which they do not understand, and in the fighting of which they can take part only as dull and obtuse rank and file? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL SEEM LIKE TO THESE MEN WHEN THEY HEAR OF PROJECTS FROM WHICH THEY ARE EXCLUDED BENEFICIO NATURAL OF COMMANDS WHICH THEIR MEDIOCRE ABILITIES ARE TOTALLY UNABLE TO CARRY OUT OF HOPES WHICH FIND NO ECHO IN THEM OF BATTLES THE WAR CRIES OF WHICH THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND IN THE FIGHTING OF WHICH THEY CAN TAKE PART ONLY AS DULL AND OBTUSE RANK AND FILE
s. When I think how my contemporaries prepared themselves for the highest posts in the scholastic profession, as I myself have done, then I know how we often laughed at the exact contrary, and grew serious over something quite different----" "Now, my friend," interrupted the philosopher, laughingly, "you speak as one who would fain dive into the water without being able to swim, and who fears something even more than the mere drowning; _not_ being drowned, but laughed at. But being laughed at should be the very last thing for us to dread; for we are in a sphere where there are too many truths to tell, too many formidable, painful, unpardonable truths, for us to escape hatred, and only fury here and there will give rise to some sort of embarrassed laughter. Just think of the innumerable crowd of teachers, who, in all good faith, have assimilated the system of education which has prevailed up to the present, that they may cheerfully and without over-much deliberation carry it further on. O US TO BE SOMETHING RIDICULOUS WHEN I THINK HOW MANY MY CONTEMPORARIES PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR THE HIGHEST POSTS IN THE SCHOLASTIC PROFESSION AS I MYSELF HAVE DONE THEN I KNOW HOW WE OFTEN LAUGHED AT THE EXACT CONTRARY AND GREW SERIOUS OVER SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT NOW MY FRIEND INTERRUPTED THE PHILOSOPHER LAUGHINGLY YOU SPEAK AS ONE WHO WOULD FAIN DIVE INTO THE WATER WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SWIM AND WHO FEAR SOMETHING EVEN MORE THAN THE MERE DROWNING NOT BEING DROWNED BUT LAUGHED AT BUT BEING LAUGHED AT SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST THING FOR US TO DREAD FOR WE ARE IN A SPHERE WHERE THERE ARE TOO MANY TRUTHS TO TELL TOO MANY FORMIDABLE PAINFUL UNPARDONABLE TRUTHS FOR US TO ESCAPE HATRED AND ONLY FURY HERE AND THERE WILL GIVE RISE TO SOME SORT OF EMBARRASSED LAUGHTER JUST THINK OF THE INNUMERABLE CROWDS OF TEACHERS WHO IN ALL GOOD FAITH HAVE ASSIMILATED THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS PREVAILED UP TO THE PRESENT THAT THEY MAY CHEERFULLY AND WITHOUT OVERMUCH DELIBERATION CARRY IT FURTHER ON
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