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In an age which is led about blindly by the most sensational desires of the day, and which is not aware of the fact that, once that feeling for Hellenism is roused, it immediately becomes aggressive and must express itself by indulging in an incessant war with the so called culture of the present. IN AN AGE WHICH IS LED ABOUT BLINDLY BY THE MOST SENSATIONAL DESIRES OF THE DAY AND WHICH IS NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ONCE THAT FEELING FOR HELENISM IS ROUSED IT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES AGGRESSIVE AND MUST EXPRESS ITSELF BY INDULGING IN AN INCESSANT WAR WITH THE SO CALLED CULTURE OF THE PRESENT
les at the hands of such eager teachers. It is in this department that the greatest number of deepest deceptions occur, and whence misunderstandings are inadvertently spread. In German public schools I have never yet found a trace of what might really be called 'classical education,' and there is nothing surprising in this when one thinks of the way in which these institutions have emancipated themselves from German classical writers and the discipline of the German language. Nobody reaches antiquity by means of a leap into the dark, and yet the whole method of treating ancient writers in schools, the plain commentating and paraphrasing of our philological teachers, amounts to nothing more than a leap into the dark. "The feeling for classical Hellenism is, as a matter of fact, such an exceptional outcome of the most energetic fight for culture and artistic talent that the public school could only have professed to awaken this feeling owing to a very crude misunderstanding. In what age? HOMER AND SOPHOCLES AT THE HANDS OF SUCH EAGER TEACHERS IT IS IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DEEPEST DECEPTIONS OCCUR AND WHENCE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE INADVERTEDLY SPREAD IN GERMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS I HAVE NEVER YET FOUND A TRACE OF WHAT MIGHT REALLY BE CALLED CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND THERE IS NOTHING SURPRISING IN THIS WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE WAY IN WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE EMANCIPATED THEMSELVES FROM GERMAN CLASSICAL WRITERS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE NOBODY REACHES ANTIQUITY BY MEANS OF A LEAP INTO THE DARK AND YET THE WHOLE METHOD OF TREATING ANCIENT WRITERS IN SCHOOLS THE PLAIN COMMENTATING AND PARAPHRASING OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN A LEAP INTO THE DARK THE FEELING FOR CLASSICAL HELENISM IS AS A MATTER OF FACT SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOME OF THE MOST ENERGETIC FIGHT FOR CULTURE AND ARTISTIC TALENT THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD ONLY HAVE PROFESSED TO AWAKEN THIS FEELING OWING TO A VERY CRUDE MISUNDERSTANDING IN WHAT AGE
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