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"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.' 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
new spirit, so that the aim of the public school has meanwhile considerably departed from the original plan laid down by Wolf, which was the cultivation of the pupil. The old estimate of scholarship and scholarly culture, as an absolute, which Wolf overcame, seems after a slow and spiritless struggle rather to have taken the 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 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. SECRATED TO THE NEW SPIRIT SO THAT THE AIM OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS MEANWHILE CONSIDERABLY DEPARTED FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN LAID DOWN BY WOLFE WHICH WAS THE CULTIVATION OF THE PUPIL THE OLD ESTIMATE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND SCHOLARLY CULTURE AS AN ABSOLUTE WHICH WOLFE OVERCAME SEEMS AFTER A SLOW AND SPIRITLESS STRUGGLE RATHER TO HAVE TAKEN THE 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
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