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"Ah," began the philosopher's companion, "when you quote the divine Plato and the world of ideas, I do not think you are angry with me, however much my previous utterance may have merited your disapproval and wrath. AH BEGAN THE PHILOSOPHER'S COMPANION WHEN YOU QUOTE THE DIVINE PLATO IN THE WORLD OF IDEAS I DO NOT THINK YOU ARE ANGRY WITH ME HOWEVER MUCH OF MY PREVIOUS UTTERANCE MAY HAVE MERITED YOUR DISAPPROVAL AND WRATH
 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. 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. T 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 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
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