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Let any one who wishes to see the full force of this contrast compare our most noted novelists with the less noted ones of France or Italy: he will recognise in both the same doubtful tendencies and aims, as also the same still more doubtful means, but in France he will find them coupled with artistic earnestness, at least with grammatical purity, and often with beauty, while in their every feature he will recognise the echo of a corresponding social culture. LET ANY ONE WHO WISHES TO SEE THE FULL FORCE OF THIS CONTRAST COMPARE OUR MOST NOTED NOVELIST WITH THE LESS NOTED ONES OF FRANCE OR ITALY HE WILL RECOGNIZE IN BOTH THE SAME DOUBTFUL TENDENCIES AND AIMS AS ALSO THE SAME STILL MORE DOUBTFUL MEANS BUT IN FRANCE HE WILL FIND THEM COUPLED WITH ARTISTIC EARNESTNESS AT LEAST WITH GRAMMATICAL PURITY AND OFTEN WITH BEAUTY WHILE IN THEIR EVERY FEATURE HE WILL RECOGNIZE THE ECHO OF A CORRESPONDING SOCIAL CULTURE
rman culture.' The German spirit is very far from being on friendly times with this up-to-date culture: and precisely in those spheres where the latter complains of a lack of culture the real German spirit has survived, though perhaps not always with a graceful, but more often an ungraceful, exterior. On the other hand, that which now grandiloquently assumes the title of 'German culture' is a sort of cosmopolitan aggregate, which bears the same relation to the German spirit as Journalism does to Schiller or Meyerbeer to Beethoven: here the strongest influence at work is the fundamentally and thoroughly un-German civilisation of France, which is aped neither with talent nor with taste, and the imitation of which gives the society, the press, the art, and the literary style of Germany their pharisaical character. Naturally the copy nowhere produces the really artistic effect which the original, grown out of the heart of Roman civilisation, is able to produce almost to this day in France. ROUDLY AS UP TO DATE GERMAN CULTURE THE GERMAN SPIRIT IS VERY FAR FROM BEING ON FRIENDLY TIMES WITH THIS UP TO DATE CULTURE AND PRECISELY IN THOSE SPHERES WHERE THE LATTER COMPLAINS OF A LACK OF CULTURE THE REAL GERMAN SPIRIT HAS SURVIVED THOUGH PERHAPS NOT ALWAYS WITH A GRACEFUL BUT MORE OFTEN AN UNGRACEFUL EXTERIOR ON THE OTHER HAND THAT WHICH NOW GRANDILOQUENTLY ASSUMES THE TITLE OF GERMAN CULTURE IS A SORT OF COSMOPOLITAN AGGREGATE WHICH BEARS THE SAME RELATION TO THE GERMAN SPIRIT AS JOURNALISM DOES TO SCHILLER OR MAYBEER OR BEETHOVEN HERE THE STRONGEST INFLUENCE AT WORK IS THE FUNDAMENTALLY AND THOROUGHLY UNGERMAN CIVILIZATION OF FRANCE WHICH IS APED NEITHER WITH TALENT NOR WITH TASTE AND THE IMITATION OF WHICH GIVES THE SOCIETY THE PRESS THE ART AND THE LITERARY STYLE OF GERMANY THEIR FAIR PSYICAL CHARACTER NATURALLY THE COPY NOWHERE PRODUCES THE REALLY ARTISTIC EFFECT WHICH THE ORIGINAL GROWN OUT OF THE HEART OF ROMAN CIVILIZATION IS ABLE TO PRODUCE ALMOST TO THIS DAY IN FRANCE
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