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And to show how little we had been actuated by thoughts of utility or by the prospect of speedy advancement and rapid success, on that day we were struck by the comforting consideration that, even then, we had not yet decided what we should be  we had not even troubled ourselves at all on this head. AND TO SHOW HOW LITTLE WE HAD ACTUATED BY THOUGHTS OF UTILITY OR BY THE PROSPECT OF SPEEDY ADVANCEMENT AND RAPID SUCCESS ON THAT DAY WE WERE STRUCK BY THE COMFORTING CONSIDERATION THAT EVEN THEN WE HAD NOT YET DECIDED WHAT WE SHOULD BE WE HAD NOT EVEN TROUBLED OURSELVES AT ALL ON THIS HEAD
 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. 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. NOUS 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 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
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