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The German spirit is very far from being on friendly times with this up to date culture: and precisely in those spheres where the latter complains of a lack of culture the real German spirit has survived, though perhaps not always with a graceful, but more often an ungraceful, exterior. THE GERMAN SPIRIT IS VERY FAR FROM BEING ON FRIENDLY TIMES WITH THIS UP TO DATE CULTURE AND PRECISELY IN THOSE SPHERES WHERE THE LATTER COMPLAINS OF A LACK OF CULTURE THE REAL GERMAN SPIRIT HAS SURVIVED THOUGH PERHAPS NOT ALWAYS WITH A GRACEFUL BUT MORE OFTEN AN UNGRACEFUL EXTERIOR
lture-principle of more recent introduction, and now claims its former exclusive rights, though not with the same frankness, but disguised and with features veiled. And the reason why it was impossible to make public schools fall in with the magnificent plan of classical culture lay in the un-German, almost foreign or cosmopolitan nature of these efforts in the cause of education: in the belief that it was possible to remove the native soil from under a man's feet and that he should still remain standing; in the illusion that people can spring direct, without bridges, into the strange Hellenic world, by abjuring German and the German mind in general. "Of course one must know how to trace this Germanic spirit to its lair beneath its many modern dressings, or even beneath heaps of ruins; one must love it so that one is not ashamed of it in its stunted form, and one must above all be on one's guard against confounding it with what now disports itself proudly as 'Up-to-date German culture. HE PLACE OF THE CULTURE PRINCIPLE OF MORE RECENT INTRODUCTION AND NOW CLAIMS ITS FORMER EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS THOUGH NOT WITH THE SAME FRANKNESS BUT DISGUISED AND WITH FEATURES VEILED AND THE REASON WHY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FALL IN WITH THE MAGNIFICENT PLAN OF CLASSICAL CULTURE LAY IN THE UNGERMAN ALMOST FOREIGN OR COSMOPOLITAN NATURE OF THESE EFFORTS IN THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION IN THE BELIEF THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE NATIVE SOIL FROM UNDER A MAN'S FEET AND THAT HE SHOULD STILL REMAIN STANDING IN THE ILLUSION THAT PEOPLE CAN SPRING DIRECT WITHOUT BRIDGES INTO THE STRANGE HELLENIC WORLD BY ABJURING GERMAN AND THE GERMAN MIND IN GENERAL OF COURSE ONE MUST KNOW HOW TO TRACE THIS GERMANIC SPIRIT TO ITS LAIR BENEATH ITS MANY MODERN DRESSINGS OR EVEN BENEATH HEAPS OF RUINS ONE MUST LOVE IT SO THAT ONE IS NOT ASHAMED OF IT IN ITS STUNTED FORM AND ONE MUST ABOVE ALL BE ON ONE'S GUARD AGAINST CONFOUNDING IT WITH WHAT NOW DISPORTS ITSELF PROUDLY AS UP TO DATE GERMAN CULTURE
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