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Whoever is acquainted with our present public schools well knows what a wide gulf separates their teachers from classicism, and how, from a feeling of this want, comparative philology and allied professions have increased their numbers to such an unheard of degree." WHOEVER IS ACQUAINTED WITH OUR PRESENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELL KNOWS THAT A WIDE GULF SEPARATES THEIR TEACHERS FROM CLASSICALISM AND HOW FROM A FEELING OF THIS WANT COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS HAVE INCREASED THEIR NUMBERS TO SUCH AN UNHEARD OF DEGREE
t-of-the-way dialects--and their time is spent in associating and dissociating, collecting and scattering, and running hither and thither consulting books. And such a usefully employed philologist would now fain be a teacher! He now undertakes to teach the youth of the public schools something about the ancient writers, although he himself has read them without any particular impression, much less with insight! What a dilemma! Antiquity has said nothing to him, consequently he has nothing to say about antiquity. A sudden thought strikes him: why is he a skilled philologist at all! Why did these authors write Latin and Greek! And with a light heart he immediately begins to etymologise with Homer, calling Lithuanian or Ecclesiastical Slavonic, or, above all, the sacred Sanskrit, to his assistance: as if Greek lessons were merely the excuse for a general introduction to the study of languages, and as if Homer were lacking in only one respect, namely, not being written in pre-Indogermanic. THE FRAGMENTS OF OUT OF THE WAY DIALECTS AND THEIR TIME IS SPENT IN ASSOCIATING AND DISSOCIATING COLLECTING AND SCATTERING AND RUNNING HITHER AND THITHER CONSULTING BOOKS AND SUCH A USEFULLY EMPLOYED PHILOLOGIST WOULD NOW FAIN BE A TEACHER HE NOW UNDERTAKES TO TEACH THE YOUTH OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SOMETHING ABOUT THE ANCIENT WRITERS ALTHOUGH HE HIMSELF HAS READ THEM WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR IMPRESSION MUCH LESS WITH INSIGHT WHAT A DILEMMA ANTIQUITY HAS SAID NOTHING TO HIM CONSEQUENTLY HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT ANTIQUITY A SUDDEN THOUGHT STRIKES HIM WHY IS HE A SKILLED PHILOLOGIST AT ALL WHY DID THESE AUTHORS WRITE IN LATIN AND GREEK AND WITH A LIGHT HEART HE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO ETYMOLOGIZE WITH HOMER CALLING LITHUANIAN OR ECCLESIASTICAL SLAVONIC OR ABOVE ALL THE SACRED SANDSCRIT TO HIS ASSISTANCE AS IF GREEK LESSONS WERE MERELY THE EXCUSE FOR A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGES AND AS IF HOMER WERE LACKING IN ONLY ONE RESPECT NAMELY NOT BEING WRITTEN IN PRE HINDO GERMANIC
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