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And how proud we were of being useless! AND HOW PROUD WE WERE OF BEING USELESS
to say, so that it may rear useful officials as quickly as possible and guarantee their unconditional obedience to it by means of excessively severe examinations--had remained quite foreign to our education. And to show how little we had been actuated by thoughts of utility or by the prospect of speedy advancement and rapid success, on that day we were struck by the comforting consideration that, even then, we had not yet decided what we should be--we had not even troubled ourselves at all on this head. Our little society had sown the seeds of this happy indifference in our souls and for it alone we were prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its foundation with hearty gratitude. I have already pointed out, I think, that in the eyes of the present age, which is so intolerant of anything that is not useful, such purposeless enjoyment of the moment, such a lulling of one's self in the cradle of the present, must seem almost incredible and at all events blameworthy. How useless we were!  PURPOSES THAT IS TO SAY SO THAT IT MAY REAR USEFUL OFFICIALS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GUARANTEE THEIR UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE TO IT BY MEANS OF EXCESSIVELY SEVERE EXAMINATIONS HAD REMAINED QUITE FOREIGN TO OUR EDUCATION AND TO SHOW HOW LITTLE WE HAD ACTUATED BY THOUGHTS OF UTILITY OR BY THE PROSPECT OF SPEEDY ADVANCEMENT AND RAPID SUCCESS ON THAT DAY WE WERE STRUCK BY THE COMFORTING CONSIDERATION THAT EVEN THEN WE HAD NOT YET DECIDED WHAT WE SHOULD BE WE HAD NOT EVEN TROUBLED OURSELVES AT ALL ON THIS HEAD OUR LITTLE SOCIETY HAD SOWN THE SEEDS OF THIS HAPPY INDIFFERENCE IN OUR SOULS AND FOR IT ALONE WE WERE PREPARED TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION WITH HEARTY GRATITUDE I HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT I THINK THAT IN THE EYES OF THE PRESENT AGE WHICH IS SO INTOLERANT OF ANYTHING THAT IS NOT USEFUL SUCH PURPOSELESSNESS ENJOYMENT OF THE MOMENT SUCH A LULLING OF ONE'S SELF IN THE CRADLE OF THE PRESENT MUST SEEM ALMOST INCREDIBLE AND AT ALL EVENTS BLAMEWORTHY HOW USELESS WE WERE
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