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we know the aim of those who profess to satisfy excessive educational requirements by means of an extraordinary increase in the number of educational institutions and the conceited tribe of teachers originated thereby. WE KNOW THE AIM OF THOSE WHO PROFESS TO SATISFY EXCESSIVE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY MEANS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE CONCEDED TRIBE OF TEACHERS ORIGINATED THEREBY
education be applied, they can only be reached outwardly: those individual lower levels where, generally speaking, the masses come into contact with culture, where the people nourishes its religious instinct, where it poetises its mythological images, where it keeps up its faith in its customs, privileges, native soil, and language--all these levels can scarcely be reached by direct means, and in any case only by violent demolition. And, in serious matters of this kind, to hasten forward the progress of the education of the people means simply the postponement of this violent demolition, and the maintenance of that wholesome unconsciousness, that sound sleep, of the people, without which counter-action and remedy no culture, with the exhausting strain and excitement of its own actions, can make any headway. "We know, however, what the aspiration is of those who would disturb the healthy slumber of the people, and continually call out to them: 'Keep your eyes open! Be sensible! Be wise!  A SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL COMPULSORY EDUCATION BE APPLIED THEY CAN ONLY BE REACHED OUTWARDLY THESE INDIVIDUAL LOWER LEVELS WHERE GENERALLY SPEAKING THE MASSES COME INTO CONTACT WITH CULTURE WHERE THE PEOPLE NOURISHES ITS RELIGIOUS INSTINCT WHERE IT POETICIZES ITS MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGES WHERE IT KEEPS UP ITS FAITH IN ITS CUSTOMS PRIVILEGES NATIVE SOIL AND LANGUAGE ALL THESE LEVELS CAN SCARCELY BE REACHED BY DIRECT MEANS AND IN ANY CASE ONLY BY VIOLENT DEMOLITION AND IN SERIOUS MATTERS OF THIS KIND TO HASTEN FORWARD THE PROGRESS OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE MEANS SIMPLY THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS VIOLENT DEMOLITION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT WHOLESOME UNCONSCIOUSNESS THAT SOUND SLEEP OF THE PEOPLE WITHOUT WHICH COUNTERACTION REMEDY NO CULTURE WITH THE EXHAUSTING STRAIN AND EXCITEMENT OF ITS OWN ACTIONS CAN MAKE ANY HEADWAY WE KNOW HOWEVER WHAT THE ASPIRATION IS OF THOSE WHO WOULD DISTURB THE HEALTHY SLUMBER OF THE PEOPLE AND CONTINUALLY CALL OUT TO THEM KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN BE SENSIBLE BE WISE
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