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And if the solitary talkers caught a glimpse of a single ray of hope, it was that things would have to become still worse, that what was as yet divined only by the few would soon be clearly perceived by the many, and that then the time for honest and resolute men for the earnest consideration of the scope of the education of the masses would not be far distant. AND IF THE SOLITARY TALKERS CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A SINGLE RAY OF HOPE IT WAS THAT THINGS WOULD HAVE TO BECOME STILL WORSE THAT WHAT WAS AS YET DIVINED ONLY BY THE FEW WOULD SOON BE CLEARLY PERCEIVED BY THE MANY AND THAT THEN THE TIME FOR HONEST AND RESOLUTE MEN FOR THE EARNEST CONSIDERATION OF THE SCOPE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE MASSES WOULD NOT BE FAR DISTANT
ion; the forcing of students into learned historical paths, instead of giving them a practical training; the connection of certain practices, encouraged in the public schools, with the objectionable spirit of our journalistic publicity--all these easily perceptible phenomena of the teaching of German led to the painful certainty that the most beneficial of those forces which have come down to us from classical antiquity are not yet known in our public schools: forces which would train students for the struggle against the barbarism of the present age, and which will perhaps once more transform the public schools into the arsenals and workshops of this struggle. On the other hand, it would seem in the meantime as if the spirit of antiquity, in its fundamental principles, had already been driven away from the portals of the public schools, and as if here also the gates were thrown open as widely as possible to the be-flattered and pampered type of our present self-styled "German culture.  INSTRUCTION THE FORCING OF STUDENTS INTO LEARNED HISTORICAL PATHS INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM A PRACTICAL TRAINING THE CONNECTION OF CERTAIN PRACTICES ENCOURAGED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE OBJECTIONABLE SPIRIT OF OUR JOURNALISTIC PUBLICITY ALL THESE EASILY PERCEPTIBLE PHENOMENA OF THE TEACHING OF GERMAN LED TO THE PAINFUL CERTAINTY THAT THE MOST BENEFICIAL OF THESE FORCES WHICH WOULD HAVE COME DOWN TO US FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY ARE NOT YET KNOWN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FORCES WHICH WOULD TRAIN STUDENTS FOR THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BARBARISM OF THE PRESENT AGE AND WHICH WILL PERHAPS ONCE MORE TRANSFORM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTO THE ARSENALS AND WORKSHOPS OF THIS STRUGGLE ON THE OTHER HAND IT WOULD SEEM IN THE MEANTIME AS IF THE SPIRIT OF ANTIQUITY IN ITS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE PORTALS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND AS IF HERE ALSO THE GATES WERE THROWN OPEN AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE BE FLATTERED AND PAMPERED TYPE OF OUR PRESENT SELF STYLED GERMAN CULTURE
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