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'" "But," asked the other, "what is to become of that large body of teachers who have not been endowed with a true gift for culture, and who set up as teachers merely to gain a livelihood from the profession, because there is a demand for them, because a superfluity of schools brings with it a superfluity of teachers? Where shall they go when antiquity peremptorily orders them to withdraw? Must they not be sacrificed to those powers of the present who, day after day, call out to them from the never ending columns of the press 'We are culture! BUT ASKED THE OTHER WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THAT LARGE BODY OF TEACHERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ENDOWED WITH A TRUE GIFT FOR CULTURE AND WHO SET UP AS TEACHERS MERELY TO GAIN A LIVELIHOOD FROM THE PROFESSION BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THEM BECAUSE THE SUPERFLUIDITY OF SCHOOLS BRINGS WITH THEM A SUPERFLUIDITY OF TEACHERS WHERE SHALL THEY GO WHEN ANTIQUITY PEREMPTORILY ORDERS THEM TO WITHDRAW MUST THEY NOT BE SACRIFICED TO THOSE POWERS OF THE PRESENT WHO DAY AFTER DAY CALL OUT TO THEM FROM THE NEVER ENDING COLUMNS OF THE PRESS WE ARE CULTURE
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. 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 are certainly the seats of this obesity, if, indeed, they have not degenerated into the abodes of that elegant barbarism which is boasted of as being 'German culture of the present! 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 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 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CERTAINLY THE SEAT OF THIS OBESITY IF INDEED THEY HAVE NOT DEGENERATED INTO THE ABODES OF THE ELEGANT BARBARISM WHICH IS BOASTED OF AS BEING GERMAN CULTURE OF THE PRESENT
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