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"The feeling for classical Hellenism is, as a matter of fact, such an exceptional outcome of the most energetic fight for culture and artistic talent that the public school could only have professed to awaken this feeling owing to a very crude misunderstanding. In what age? THE FEELING FOR CLASSICAL HELENISM IS AS A MATTER OF FACT SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOME OF THE MOST ENERGETIC FIGHT FOR CULTURE AND ARTISTIC TALENT THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD ONLY HAVE PROFESSED TO AWAKEN THIS FEELING OWING TO A VERY CRUDE MISUNDERSTANDING IN WHAT AGE
s seem much more eagerly engaged in introducing Homer and Sophocles to the young souls of their pupils, in their own style, calling the result simply by the unchallenged euphemism: 'classical education.' Let every one's own experience tell him what he had of Homer and Sophocles at the hands of such eager teachers. It is in this department that the greatest number of deepest deceptions occur, and whence misunderstandings are inadvertently spread. In German public schools I have never yet found a trace of what might really be called 'classical education,' and there is nothing surprising in this when one thinks of the way in which these institutions have emancipated themselves from German classical writers and the discipline of the German language. Nobody reaches antiquity by means of a leap into the dark, and yet the whole method of treating ancient writers in schools, the plain commentating and paraphrasing of our philological teachers, amounts to nothing more than a leap into the dark. HOOLS PHILOLOGISTS SEEM MUCH MORE EAGERLY ENGAGED IN INTRODUCING HOMER AND SOPHOCLES TO THE YOUNG SOULS OF THEIR PUPILS IN THEIR OWN STYLE CALLING THE RESULT SIMPLY BY THE UNCHALLENGED EUPHEMISM CLASSICAL EDUCATION LET EVERY ONE'S OWN EXPERIENCE TELL HIM WHAT HE HAD OF HOMER AND SOPHOCLES AT THE HANDS OF SUCH EAGER TEACHERS IT IS IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DEEPEST DECEPTIONS OCCUR AND WHENCE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE INADVERTEDLY SPREAD IN GERMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS I HAVE NEVER YET FOUND A TRACE OF WHAT MIGHT REALLY BE CALLED CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND THERE IS NOTHING SURPRISING IN THIS WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE WAY IN WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE EMANCIPATED THEMSELVES FROM GERMAN CLASSICAL WRITERS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE NOBODY REACHES ANTIQUITY BY MEANS OF A LEAP INTO THE DARK AND YET THE WHOLE METHOD OF TREATING ANCIENT WRITERS IN SCHOOLS THE PLAIN COMMENTATING AND PARAPHRASING OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN A LEAP INTO THE DARK
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