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The splendid practice afforded by translating from one language into another, which so improves and fertilises one's artistic feeling for one's own tongue, is, in the case of German, never conducted with that fitting categorical strictness and dignity which would be above all necessary in dealing with an undisciplined language. THE SPLENDID PRACTICE AFFORDED BY TRANSLATING FROM ONE LANGUAGE INTO ANOTHER WHICH SO IMPROVES AND FERTILIZES ONE'S ARTISTIC FEELING FOR ONE'S OWN LANGUAGE IS IN THE CASE OF GERMAN NEVER CONDUCTED WITH THAT FITTING CATEGORICAL STRICTNESS AND DIGNITY WHICH WOULD BE ABOVE ALL NECESSARY IN DEALING WITH AN UNDISCIPLINED LANGUAGE
all events, the most wholesome feature of our modern institutions is to be found in the earnestness with which the Latin and Greek languages are studied over a long course of years. In this way boys learn to respect a grammar, lexicons, and a language that conforms to fixed rules; in this department of public school work there is an exact knowledge of what constitutes a fault, and no one is troubled with any thought of justifying himself every minute by appealing (as in the case of modern German) to various grammatical and orthographical vagaries and vicious forms. If only this respect for language did not hang in the air so, like a theoretical burden which one is pleased to throw off the moment one turns to one's mother-tongue! More often than not, the classical master makes pretty short work of the mother-tongue; from the outset he treats it as a department of knowledge in which one is allowed that indolent ease with which the German treats everything that belongs to his native soil. S OF THE DAY AT ALL EVENTS THE MOST WHOLESOME FEATURE OF OUR MODERN INSTITUTIONS IS TO BE FOUND IN THE EARNESTNESS WITH WHICH THE LATIN AND GREEK LANGUAGES ARE STUDIED OVER A LONG COURSE OF YEARS IN THIS WAY BOYS LEARN TO RESPECT A GRAMMAR LEXICONS IN A LANGUAGE THAT CONFORMS TO FIXED RULES IN THIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK THERE IS EXACT KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A FAULT AND NO ONE IS TROUBLED WITH ANY THOUGHT OF JUSTIFYING HIMSELF EVERY MINUTE BY APPEALING AS IS IN THE CASE OF MODERN GERMAN TO VARIOUS GRAMMATICAL AND ORTHOGRAPHICAL VAGARIES AND VICIOUS FORMS IF ONLY THIS RESPECT FOR LANGUAGE DO NOT HANG IN THE AIR SO LIKE A THEORETICAL BURDEN WHICH ONE IS PLEASED TO THROW OFF THE MOMENT ONE TURNS TO ONE'S MOTHER TONGUE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE CLASSICAL MASTER MAKES PRETTY SHORT WORK OF THE MOTHER TONGUE FROM THE OUTSET HE TREATS IT AS A DEPARTMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN WHICH ONE IS ALLOWED THAT INDOLENT EASE WITH WHICH THE GERMAN TREATS EVERYTHING THAT BELONGS TO HIS NATIVE SOIL
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