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But, without exaggeration, that must necessarily be the position of practically all the teachers in our higher educational establishments: and indeed we cannot wonder at this when we consider how such a teacher originates, how he _becomes_ a teacher of such high status. BUT WITHOUT EXAGGERATION THAT MUST NECESSARILY BE THE POSITION OF PRACTICALLY ALL THE TEACHERS IN OUR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND INDEED WE CANNOT WONDER AT THIS WHEN WE CONSIDER HOW SUCH A TEACHER ORIGINATES HOW HE BECOMES THE TEACHER OF SUCH HIGH STATUS
nd who fears something even more than the mere drowning; _not_ being drowned, but laughed at. But being laughed at should be the very last thing for us to dread; for we are in a sphere where there are too many truths to tell, too many formidable, painful, unpardonable truths, for us to escape hatred, and only fury here and there will give rise to some sort of embarrassed laughter. Just think of the innumerable crowd of teachers, who, in all good faith, have assimilated the system of education which has prevailed up to the present, that they may cheerfully and without over-much deliberation carry it further on. What do you think it will seem like to these men when they hear of projects from which they are excluded _beneficio naturæ_; of commands which their mediocre abilities are totally unable to carry out; of hopes which find no echo in them; of battles the war-cries of which they do not understand, and in the fighting of which they can take part only as dull and obtuse rank and file? OUT BEING ABLE TO SWIM AND WHO FEAR SOMETHING EVEN MORE THAN THE MERE DROWNING NOT BEING DROWNED BUT LAUGHED AT BUT BEING LAUGHED AT SHOULD BE THE VERY LAST THING FOR US TO DREAD FOR WE ARE IN A SPHERE WHERE THERE ARE TOO MANY TRUTHS TO TELL TOO MANY FORMIDABLE PAINFUL UNPARDONABLE TRUTHS FOR US TO ESCAPE HATRED AND ONLY FURY HERE AND THERE WILL GIVE RISE TO SOME SORT OF EMBARRASSED LAUGHTER JUST THINK OF THE INNUMERABLE CROWDS OF TEACHERS WHO IN ALL GOOD FAITH HAVE ASSIMILATED THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS PREVAILED UP TO THE PRESENT THAT THEY MAY CHEERFULLY AND WITHOUT OVERMUCH DELIBERATION CARRY IT FURTHER ON WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL SEEM LIKE TO THESE MEN WHEN THEY HEAR OF PROJECTS FROM WHICH THEY ARE EXCLUDED BENEFICIO NATURAL OF COMMANDS WHICH THEIR MEDIOCRE ABILITIES ARE TOTALLY UNABLE TO CARRY OUT OF HOPES WHICH FIND NO ECHO IN THEM OF BATTLES THE WAR CRIES OF WHICH THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND IN THE FIGHTING OF WHICH THEY CAN TAKE PART ONLY AS DULL AND OBTUSE RANK AND FILE
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