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Of late, exercises of this kind have tended to decrease ever more and more: people are satisfied to _know_ the foreign classical tongues, they would scorn being able to _apply_ them. OF LATE EXERCISES OF THIS KIND HAVE TENDED TO DECREASE EVER MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED TO KNOW THE FOREIGN CLASSICAL TONGUES THEY WOULD SCORN BEING ABLE TO APPLY THEM
s an exact knowledge of what constitutes a fault, and no one is troubled with any thought of justifying himself every minute by appealing (as in the case of modern German) to various grammatical and orthographical vagaries and vicious forms. If only this respect for language did not hang in the air so, like a theoretical burden which one is pleased to throw off the moment one turns to one's mother-tongue! More often than not, the classical master makes pretty short work of the mother-tongue; from the outset he treats it as a department of knowledge in which one is allowed that indolent ease with which the German treats everything that belongs to his native soil. The splendid practice afforded by translating from one language into another, which so improves and fertilises one's artistic feeling for one's own tongue, is, in the case of German, never conducted with that fitting categorical strictness and dignity which would be above all necessary in dealing with an undisciplined language.  WORK THERE IS EXACT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A FAULT AND NO ONE IS TROUBLED WITH ANY THOUGHT OF JUSTIFYING HIMSELF EVERY MINUTE BY APPEALING AS IS IN THE CASE OF MODERN GERMAN TO VARIOUS GRAMMATICAL AND ORTHOGRAPHICAL VAGARIES AND VICIOUS FORMS IF ONLY THIS RESPECT FOR LANGUAGE DO NOT HANG IN THE AIR SO LIKE A THEORETICAL BURDEN WHICH ONE IS PLEASED TO THROW OFF THE MOMENT ONE TURNS TO ONE'S MOTHER TONGUE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE CLASSICAL MASTER MAKES PRETTY SHORT WORK OF THE MOTHER TONGUE FROM THE OUTSET HE TREATS IT AS A DEPARTMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN WHICH ONE IS ALLOWED THAT INDOLENT EASE WITH WHICH THE GERMAN TREATS EVERYTHING THAT BELONGS TO HIS NATIVE SOIL THE SPLENDID PRACTICE AFFORDED BY TRANSLATING FROM ONE LANGUAGE INTO ANOTHER WHICH SO IMPROVES AND FERTILIZES ONE'S ARTISTIC FEELING FOR ONE'S OWN LANGUAGE IS IN THE CASE OF GERMAN NEVER CONDUCTED WITH THAT FITTING CATEGORICAL STRICTNESS AND DIGNITY WHICH WOULD BE ABOVE ALL NECESSARY IN DEALING WITH AN UNDISCIPLINED LANGUAGE
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