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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. 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
ses would not be far distant. After a few minutes' silent reflection, the philosopher's companion turned to him and said: "You used to hold out hopes to me, but now you have done more: you have widened my intelligence, and with it my strength and courage: now indeed can I look on the field of battle with more hardihood, now indeed do I repent of my too hasty flight. We want nothing for ourselves, and it should be nothing to us how many individuals may fall in this battle, or whether we ourselves may be among the first. Just because we take this matter so seriously, we should not take our own poor selves so seriously: at the very moment we are falling some one else will grasp the banner of our faith. I will not even consider whether I am strong enough for such a fight, whether I can offer sufficient resistance; it may even be an honourable death to fall to the accompaniment of the mocking laughter of such enemies, whose seriousness has frequently seemed to us to be something ridiculous. EDUCATION OF THE MASSES WOULD NOT BE FAR DISTANT AFTER A FEW MINUTES SILENT REFLECTION THE PHILOSOPHER'S COMPANION TURNED TO HIM AND SAID YOU USED TO HOLD OUT HOPES FOR ME BUT NOW YOU HAVE DONE MORE YOU HAVE WIDENED BY INTELLIGENCE AND WITH IT MY STRENGTH AND COURAGE NOW INDEED CAN I LOOK ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE WITH MORE HARDIHOOD NOW INDEED DO I REPENT OF MY TOO HASTY FLIGHT WE WANT NOTHING FOR OURSELVES AND IT SHOULD BE NOTHING TO US HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS MAY FALL IN THIS BATTLE OR WHETHER WE OURSELVES MAY BE AMONG THE FIRST JUST BECAUSE WE TAKE THIS MATTER SO SERIOUSLY WE SHOULD NOT TAKE OUR OWN POOR SELVES SO SERIOUSLY AT THE VERY MOMENT WE ARE FALLING SOME ONE ELSE WILL GRASP THE BANNER OF OUR FAITH I WILL NOT EVEN CONSIDER WHETHER I AM STRONG ENOUGH FOR SUCH A FIGHT WHETHER I CAN OFFER SUFFICIENT RESISTANCE IT MAY EVEN BE AN HONOURABLE DEATH TO FALL TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE MOCKING LAUGHTER OF SUCH ENEMIES WHOSE SERIOUSNESS HAS FREQUENTLY SEEMED TO US TO BE SOMETHING RIDICULOUS
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