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It may be freely admitted that for the great majority of men such a course of instruction is of the highest importance; and the more arduous the struggle is the more intensely must the young man strain every nerve to utilise his strength to the best advantage. IT MAY BE FREELY ADMITTED THAT FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY OF MEN SUCH A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IS OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE AND THE MORE ARDUOUS THE STRUGGLE IS THE MORE INTENSELY MUST THE YOUNG MAN STRAIN EVERY NERVE TO UTILISE HIS STRENGTH TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE
with the needy and covetous individual; it well knows how to give the slip to the man who would fain employ it as a means of attaining to egoistic ends; and if any one cherishes the belief that he has firmly secured it as a means of livelihood, and that he can procure the necessities of life by its sedulous cultivation, then it suddenly steals away with noiseless steps and an air of derisive mockery.[6] "I will thus ask you, my friend, not to confound this culture, this sensitive, fastidious, ethereal goddess, with that useful maid-of-all-work which is also called 'culture,' but which is only the intellectual servant and counsellor of one's practical necessities, wants, and means of livelihood Every kind of training, however, which holds out the prospect of bread-winning as its end and aim, is not a training for culture as we understand the word; but merely a collection of precepts and directions to show how, in the struggle for existence, a man may preserve and protect his own person. RN TO CONTAMINATE ITSELF WITH THE NEEDY AND COVETOUS INDIVIDUAL IT WELL KNOWS HOW TO GIVE THE SLIP TO THE MAN WHO WOULD FAIN EMPLOY IT AS A MEANS OF ATTAINING TO EGOTISTIC ENDS AND IF ANY ONE CHERISHES THE BELIEF THAT HE HAS FIRMLY SECURED IT AS A MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD AND THAT HE CAN PROCURE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE BY ITS SEDULOUS CULTIVATION THEN IT SUDDENLY STEALS AWAY WITH NOISELESS STEPS AND AN AIR OF DERISIVE MOCKERY I WILL THUS ASK YOU MY FRIEND NOT TO CONFOUND THIS CULTURE THIS SENSITIVE FASTIDIOUS ETHOROUGH GODDESS WITH THAT USEFUL MAID OF ALL WORK WHICH IS ALSO CALLED CULTURE BUT WHICH IS ONLY THE INTELLECTUAL SERVANT AND COUNSELLOR OF ONE'S PRACTICAL NECESSITIES WANTS AND MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD EVERY KIND OF TRAINING HOWEVER WHICH HOLDS OUT THE PROSPECT OF BREAD WINNING AS ITS END AND AIM IS NOT A TRAINING FOR CULTURE AS WE UNDERSTAND THE WORD BUT MERELY A COLLECTION OF PRECEPTS AND DIRECTIONS TO SHOW HOW IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE A MAN MAY PRESERVE AND PROTECT HIS OWN PERSON
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