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The all too frequent exploitation of youth by the State, for its own purposes  that is to say, so that it may rear useful officials as quickly as possible and guarantee their unconditional obedience to it by means of excessively severe examinations  had remained quite foreign to our education. THE ALL TOO FREQUENT EXPLOITATION OF YOUTH BY THE STATE FOR ITS OWN PURPOSES THAT IS TO SAY SO THAT IT MAY REAR USEFUL OFFICIALS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GUARANTEE THEIR UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE TO IT BY MEANS OF EXCESSIVELY SEVERE EXAMINATIONS HAD REMAINED QUITE FOREIGN TO OUR EDUCATION
losopher's voice reached us, it had become so blended with the rustling leaves and with the buzzing murmur of the myriads of living things inhabiting the wooded height, that it almost seemed like the music of nature; as a sound it resembled nothing more than a distant monotonous plaint. We were indeed undisturbed. Some time elapsed in this way, and while the glow of sunset grew steadily paler the recollection of our youthful undertaking in the cause of culture waxed ever more vivid. It seemed to us as if we owed the greatest debt of gratitude to that little society we had founded; for it had done more than merely supplement our public school training; it had actually been the only fruitful society we had had, and within its frame we even placed our public school life, as a purely isolated factor helping us in our general efforts to attain to culture. We knew this, that, thanks to our little society, no thought of embracing any particular career had ever entered our minds in those days. E SOUND OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S VOICE REACHED US IT HAD BECOME SO BLENDED WITH THE RUSTLING LEAVES AND WITH THE BUZZING MURMUR OF THE MYRIADS OF LIVING THINGS INHABITING THE WOODED HEIGHT THAT IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THE MUSIC OF NATURE AS A SOUND IT RESEMBLED NOTHING MORE THAN A DISTANT MONOTONOUS PLAINT WE WERE INDEED UNDISTURBED SOME TIME ELAPSED IN THIS WAY AND WHILE THE GLOW OF SUNSET GREW STEADILY PALER THE RECOLLECTION OF OUR YOUTHFUL UNDERTAKING IN THE CAUSE OF CULTURE WAXED EVEN MORE VIVID IT SEEMED TO US AS IF WE'D OWED THE GREATEST DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THAT LITTLE SOCIETY WE HAD FOUNDED FOR IT HAD DONE MORE THAN MERELY SUPPLEMENT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TRAINING IT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN THE ONLY FRUITFUL SOCIETY WE HAD HAD AND WITHIN ITS FRAME WE EVEN PLACED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AS A PURELY ISOLATED FACTOR HELPING US IN OUR GENERAL EFFORTS TO ATTAIN CULTURE WE KNEW THIS THAT THANKS TO OUR LITTLE SOCIETY NO THOUGHT OF EMBRACING ANY PARTICULAR CAREER HAD EVER ENTERED OUR MIND IN THOSE DAYS
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