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Just think of the innumerable crowd of teachers, who, in all good faith, have assimilated the system of education which has prevailed up to the present, that they may cheerfully and without over much deliberation carry it further on. JUST THINK OF THE INNUMERABLE CROWDS OF TEACHERS WHO IN ALL GOOD FAITH HAVE ASSIMILATED THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS PREVAILED UP TO THE PRESENT THAT THEY MAY CHEERFULLY AND WITHOUT OVERMUCH DELIBERATION CARRY IT FURTHER ON
 such a fight, whether I can offer sufficient resistance; it may even be an honourable death to fall to the accompaniment of the mocking laughter of such enemies, whose seriousness has frequently seemed to us to be something ridiculous. When I think how my contemporaries prepared themselves for the highest posts in the scholastic profession, as I myself have done, then I know how we often laughed at the exact contrary, and grew serious over something quite different----" "Now, my friend," interrupted the philosopher, laughingly, "you speak as one who would fain dive into the water without being able to swim, and who fears something even more than the mere drowning; _not_ being drowned, but laughed at. But being laughed at should be the very last thing for us to dread; for we are in a sphere where there are too many truths to tell, too many formidable, painful, unpardonable truths, for us to escape hatred, and only fury here and there will give rise to some sort of embarrassed laughter. ETHER I AM STRONG ENOUGH FOR SUCH A FIGHT WHETHER I CAN OFFER SUFFICIENT RESISTANCE IT MAY EVEN BE AN HONOURABLE DEATH TO FALL TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE MOCKING LAUGHTER OF SUCH ENEMIES WHOSE SERIOUSNESS HAS FREQUENTLY SEEMED TO US TO BE SOMETHING RIDICULOUS WHEN I THINK HOW MANY MY CONTEMPORARIES PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR THE HIGHEST POSTS IN THE SCHOLASTIC PROFESSION AS I MYSELF HAVE DONE THEN I KNOW HOW WE OFTEN LAUGHED AT THE EXACT CONTRARY AND GREW SERIOUS OVER SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT NOW MY FRIEND INTERRUPTED THE PHILOSOPHER LAUGHINGLY YOU SPEAK AS ONE WHO WOULD FAIN DIVE INTO THE WATER WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SWIM AND WHO FEAR SOMETHING EVEN MORE THAN THE MERE DROWNING NOT BEING DROWNED BUT LAUGHED AT BUT BEING LAUGHED AT SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST THING FOR US TO DREAD FOR WE ARE IN A SPHERE WHERE THERE ARE TOO MANY TRUTHS TO TELL TOO MANY FORMIDABLE PAINFUL UNPARDONABLE TRUTHS FOR US TO ESCAPE HATRED AND ONLY FURY HERE AND THERE WILL GIVE RISE TO SOME SORT OF EMBARRASSED LAUGHTER
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