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"Think of the _fate_ of the Burschenschaft when I ask you, Did the German university then understand that spirit, as even the German princes in their hatred appear to have understood it? Did the alma mater boldly and resolutely throw her protecting arms round her noble sons and say: 'You must kill me first, before you touch my children?' THINK OF THE FATE OF THE PERSIAN SHAFT WHEN I ASK YOU DID THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY THEN UNDERSTAND THAT SPIRIT AS EVEN THE GERMAN PRINCES IN THEIR HATRED APPEAR TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT DID THE ALMA MATER BOLDLY AND RESOLUTELY THROW HER PROTECTING ARMS ROUND HER NOBLE SONS AND SAY YOU MUST KILL ME FIRST BEFORE YOU TOUCH MY CHILDREN
 "Whence came the incomprehensible intensity of this alarm? For those young men were the bravest, purest, and most talented of the band both in dress and habits: they were distinguished by a magnanimous recklessness and a noble simplicity. A divine command bound them together to seek harder and more pious superiority: what could be feared from them? To what extent this fear was merely deceptive or simulated or really true is something that will probably never be exactly known; but a strong instinct spoke out of this fear and out of its disgraceful and senseless persecution. This instinct hated the Burschenschaft with an intense hatred for two reasons: first of all on account of its organisation, as being the first attempt to construct a true educational institution, and, secondly, on account of the spirit of this institution, that earnest, manly, stern, and daring German spirit; that spirit of the miner's son, Luther, which has come down to us unbroken from the time of the Reformation. OT HAVE CREATED THE WORLD WHENCE CAME THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE INTENSITY OF THIS ALARM FOR THOSE YOUNG MEN WERE THE BRAVEST PUREST AND MOST TALENTED OF THE BAND BOTH IN DRESS AND HABITS THEY WERE DISTINGUISHED BY A MAGNANIMOUS RECKLESSNESS AND A NOBLE SIMPLICITY A DIVINE COMMAND BOUND THEM TOGETHER TO SEEK HARDER AND MORE PIOUS SUPERIORITY WHAT COULD BE FEARED FROM THEM TO WHAT EXTENT THIS FEAR WAS MERELY DECEPTIVE OR SIMULATED OR REALLY TRUE WAS SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE EXACTLY KNOWN BUT A STRONG INSTINCT SPOKE OUT OF THIS FEAR AND OUT OF ITS DISGRACEFUL AND SENSELESS PERSECUTION THIS INSTINCT HATED THE PERSIAN SHAFT WITH AN INTENSE HATRED FOR TWO REASONS FIRST OF ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANIZATION AS BEING THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO CONSTRUCT A TRUE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND SECONDLY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SPIRIT OF THIS INSTITUTION THAT EARNEST MANLY STERN AND DARING GERMAN SPIRIT THAT SPIRIT OF THE MINOR SON LUTHER WHICH HAD COME DOWN TO US UNBROKEN FROM THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION
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