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I have no doubt, either, that they took the first bold steps in the wonderful and stirring times of the Reformation, and that afterwards, in the era which gave birth to Schiller and Goethe, there was again a growing demand for culture, like the first protuberance of that wing spoken of by Plato in the _Phaedrus_, which, at every contact with the beautiful, bears the soul aloft into the upper regions, the habitations of the gods." I HAVE NO DOUBT EITHER THAT THEY TOOK THE FIRST BOLD STEPS IN THE WONDERFUL AND STIRRING TIMES OF THE REFORMATION AND THAT AFTERWARDS IN THE ERROR WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO SCHILLER AND GERTA THERE WAS AGAIN A GROWING DEMAND FOR CULTURE LIKE THE FIRST PROTUBERANCE OF THAT WING SPOKEN OF BY PLATO AND THE PHAEDRUS WHICH AT EVERY CONTACT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BEARS THE SOUL ALOFT INTO THE UPPER REGIONS THE HABITATIONS OF THE GODS
nnumerable train of followers will accompany you, and the applause of public opinion will yield you more pleasure than a nobly-bestowed commendation from the height of genius.' Even the very best of men now yield to these temptations: and it cannot be said that the deciding factor here is the degree of talent, or whether a man is accessible to these voices or not; but rather the degree and the height of a certain moral sublimity, the instinct towards heroism, towards sacrifice--and finally a positive, habitual need of culture, prepared by a proper kind of education, which education, as I have previously said, is first and foremost obedience and submission to the discipline of genius. Of this discipline and submission, however, the present institutions called by courtesy 'educational establishments' know nothing whatever, although I have no doubt that the public school was originally intended to be an institution for sowing the seeds of true culture, or at least as a preparation for it. E TO THE VERY FRONT RANK AN INNUMERABLE TRAIN OF FOLLOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY YOU AND THE APPLAUSE OF PUBLIC OPINION WILL YIELD YOU MORE PLEASURE THAN A NOBLY BESTOWED COMMENDATION FROM THE HEIGHT OF GENIUS EVEN THE VERY BEST OF MEN NOW YIELD TO THESE TEMPTATIONS AND IT CANNOT BE SAID THAT THE DECIDING FACTOR HEARS THE DEGREE OF TALENT OR WHETHER A MAN IS ACCESSIBLE TO THESE VOICES OR NOT BUT RATHER THE DEGREE IN THE HEIGHT OF A CERTAIN MORAL SUBLIMITY THE INSTINCT TOWARDS HEROISM TOWARD SACRIFICE AND FINALLY A POSITIVE HABITUAL NEED OF CULTURE PREPARED BY A PROPER KIND OF EDUCATION WHICH EDUCATION AS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID IS FIRST IN FOREMOST OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF GENIUS OF THIS DISCIPLINE AND SUBMISSION HOWEVER THE PRESENT INSTITUTIONS CALLED BY COURTESY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS KNOW NOTHING WHATEVER ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE AN INSTITUTION FOR SOWING THE SEEDS OF TRUE CULTURE OR AT LEAST AS PREPARATION FOR IT
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