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Perhaps merely because we were real students, and could still draw back from the rough and tumble, the pushing and struggling, the restless, ever breaking waves of publicity, to seek refuge in our own little educational establishment; which, however, time would have soon swallowed up also. PERHAPS MERELY BECAUSE WE WERE REAL STUDENTS AND COULD STILL DRAW BACK FROM THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE THE PUSHING AND STRUGGLING THE RESTLESS EVER BREAKING WAVES OF PUBLICITY TO SEEK REFUGE IN OUR OWN LITTLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT WHICH HOWEVER TIME WOULD SOON HAVE SWALLOWED UP ALSO
lace in the higher or lower division; and this made it necessary for us to find some arguments against the mode of thinking which robbed us of our self-styled claims to culture. People, however, should not argue with companions who feel the weight of an argument so personally; or, as the moral in our case would have been: such companions should not argue, should not contradict at all. So we walked on beside the philosopher, ashamed, compassionate, dissatisfied with ourselves, and more than ever convinced that the old man was right and that we had done him wrong. How remote now seemed the youthful dream of our educational institution; how clearly we saw the danger which we had hitherto escaped merely by good luck, namely, giving ourselves up body and soul to the educational system which forced itself upon our notice so enticingly, from the time when we entered the public schools up to that moment. How then had it come about that we had not taken our places in the chorus of its admirers?  PERSONALITIES WOULD FIND A PLACE IN THE HIGHER OR LOWER DIVISION AND THIS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR US TO FIND SOME ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE MODE OF THINKING WHICH ROBBED US OF OUR SELF STYLED CLAIMS TO CULTURE PEOPLE HOWEVER SHOULD NOT ARGUE WITH COMPANIONS WHO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF AN ARGUMENT SO PERSONALLY OR AS THE MORAL IN OUR CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH COMPANIONS SHOULD NOT ARGUE SHOULD NOT CONTRADICT AT ALL SO WE WALKED ON BESIDE THE PHILOSOPHER ASHAMED COMPASSIONATE DISSATISFIED WITH OURSELVES AND MORE THAN EVER CONVINCED THAT THE OLD MAN WAS RIGHT AND THAT WE HAD DONE HIM WRONG HOW REMOTE NOW SEEMED THE YOUTHFUL DREAM OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CLEARLY WE SAW THE DANGER WHICH WE HAD HITHERTO ESCAPED MERELY BY GOOD LUCK NAMELY GIVING OURSELVES UP BODY AND SOUL TO THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH FORCED ITSELF UPON OUR NOTICE SO ENTICINGLY FROM THE TIME WE ENTERED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP TO THAT MOMENT HOW THEN HAD IT COME ABOUT THAT WE HAD NOT TAKEN OUR PLACES IN THE COURSE OF ITS ADMIRERS
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