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"You must not think, however, that I wish to withhold all praise from our primary and secondary schools: I honour the seminaries where boys learn arithmetic and master modern languages, and study geography and the marvellous discoveries made in natural science. YOU MUST NOT THINK HOWEVER THAT I WISH TO WITHHOLD ALL PRAISE FROM OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS I HONOR THE SEMINARIES WHERE BOYS LEARN ARITHMETIC AND MASTER MODERN LANGUAGES AND STUDY GEOGRAPHY AND THE MARVELLOUS DISCOVERIES MADE IN NATURAL SCIENCE
 contemplation of her eternal endurance and necessity. But how many young men should be permitted to grow up in such close and almost personal proximity to nature! The others must learn another truth betimes: how to subdue nature to themselves. Here is an end of this naive metaphysics; and the physiology of plants and animals, geology, inorganic chemistry, force their devotees to view nature from an altogether different standpoint. What is lost by this new point of view is not only a poetical phantasmagoria, but the instinctive, true, and unique point of view, instead of which we have shrewd and clever calculations, and, so to speak, overreachings of nature. Thus to the truly cultured man is vouchsafed the inestimable benefit of being able to remain faithful, without a break, to the contemplative instincts of his childhood, and so to attain to a calmness, unity, consistency, and harmony which can never be even thought of by a man who is compelled to fight in the struggle for existence. ANQUILLISE HIS SOUL IN THE CONTEMPLATION OF HER ETERNAL ENDURANCE AND NECESSITY BUT HOW MANY YOUNG MEN SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO GROW UP IN SUCH CLOSE AND ALMOST PERSONAL PROXIMITY TO NATURE THE OTHERS MUST LEARN ANOTHER TRUE BETIMES HOW TO SUBDUE NATURE TO THEMSELVES HERE IS AN END OF THIS NAIVE METAPHYSICS AND THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS GEOLOGY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FORCE THEIR DEVOTEES TO VIEW NATURE FROM AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT STANDPOINT WHAT IS LOST BY THIS NEW POINT OF VIEW IS NOT ONLY A POETICAL PHANTASMAGORIA BUT THE INSTINCTIVE TRUE AND UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW INSTEAD OF WHICH WE HAVE SHREWD AND CLEVER CALCULATIONS AND SO TO SPEAK OVERREACHINGS OF NATURE THUS TO THE TRULY CULTURED MAN IS VOUCHSAFED THE INESTIMABLE BELIEF OF BEING ABLE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL WITHOUT A BREAK TO THE CONTEMPLATIVE INSTINCTS OF HIS CHILDHOOD AND SO TO ATTAIN TO A CALMNESS UNITY CONSISTENCY AND HARMONY WHICH CAN NEVER EVEN BE THOUGHT OF BY A MAN WHO IS COMPELLED TO FIGHT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
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