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"Here one gets another glimpse of the scholarly tendency of public schools: a phenomenon which throws much light upon the object which once animated them,  that is to say, the serious desire to cultivate the pupil. HERE ONE GETS ANOTHER GLIMPSE OF THE SCHOLARLY TENDENCY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS A PHENOMENON WHICH THROWS MUCH LIGHT UPON THE OBJECT WHICH ONCE ANIMATED THEM THAT IS TO SAY THE SERIOUS DESIRE TO CULTIVATE THE PUPIL
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. 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. 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 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
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