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The public schools may still be seats of learning: not, however of _the_ learning which, as it were, is only the natural and involuntary auxiliary of a culture that is directed towards the noblest ends; but rather of that culture which might be compared to the hypertrophical swelling of an unhealthy body. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY BE SEATS OF LEARNING NOT HOWEVER OF THEE LEARNING WHICH AS IT WERE IS ONLY THE NATURAL AND INVOLUNTARY AUXILIARY OF A CULTURE THAT IS DIRECTED TOWARD THE NOBLEST END BUT RATHER OF THAT CULTURE WHICH MIGHT BE COMPARED TO THE HYPERATROPHICAL SWELLING OF AN UNHEALTHY BODY
all; his real concern is with _what is not common to both_, with what shows him that those two peoples were not barbarians as compared with the others--in so far, of course, as he is a true teacher of culture and models himself after the majestic patterns of the classics." "I may be wrong," said the philosopher, "but I suspect that, owing to the way in which Latin and Greek are now taught in schools, the accurate grasp of these languages, the ability to speak and write them with ease, is lost, and that is something in which my own generation distinguished itself--a generation, indeed, whose few survivers have by this time grown old; whilst, on the other hand, the present teachers seem to impress their pupils with the genetic and historical importance of the subject to such an extent that, at best, their scholars ultimately turn into little Sanskritists, etymological spitfires, or reckless conjecturers; but not one of them can read his Plato or Tacitus with pleasure, as we old folk can. RENCE DOES NOT INTEREST HIM AT ALL HIS REAL CONCERN IS WITH WHAT IS NOT COMMON TO BOTH WITH WHAT SHOWS HIM THAT THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE NOT BARBARIANS AS COMPARED WITH THE OTHERS IN SO FAR OF COURSE AS HE IS A TRUE TEACHER OF CULTURE AND MODELS HIMSELF AFTER THE MAJESTIC PATTERNS OF THE CLASSICS I MAY BE WRONG SAID THE PHILOSOPHER BUT I SUSPECT THAT OWING TO THE WAY IN WHICH LATIN AND GREEK ARE NOW TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS THE ACCURATE GRASP OF THESE LANGUAGES THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AND WRITE THEM WITH EASE IS LOST AND THAT IS SOMETHING IN WHICH MY OWN GENERATION DISTINGUISHED ITSELF A GENERATION INDEED WHOSE FEW SURVIVORS HAVE BY THIS TIME GROWN OLD WHILST ON THE OTHER HAND THE PRESENT TEACHERS SEEM TO IMPRESS THEIR PUPILS WITH THE GENETIC AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT AT BEST THEIR SCHOLARS ULTIMATELY TURN INTO LITTLE SAN SCRITTISTS ETYMOLOGICAL SPITFIRES OR RECKLESS CONJECTURERS BUT NOT ONE OF THEM CAN READ HIS PLATO OR TACITUS WITH PLEASURE AS WE OLD FOLK CAN
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