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In regard to all ancient authors he is rather inclined to speak after the manner of the æsthete, Hermann Grimm, who, on one occasion, at the end of a tortuous essay on the Venus of Milo, asks himself: 'What does this goddess's form mean to me? Of what use are the thoughts she suggests to me? IN REGARD TO ALL ANCIENT AUTHORS HE IS RATHER INCLINED TO SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF THE A STEET HERMAN GRIMM WHO ON ONE OCCASION AT THE END OF A TORTUOUS ESSAY ON THE VENUS OF MILO ASKS HIMSELF WHAT DOES THIS GODDESS FOR MEAN TO ME OF WHAT USE ARE THE THOUGHTS SHE SUGGEST TO ME
g and paraphrasing of our philological teachers, amounts to nothing more than a leap into the dark. "The feeling for classical Hellenism is, as a matter of fact, such an exceptional outcome of the most energetic fight for culture and artistic talent that the public school could only have professed to awaken this feeling owing to a very crude misunderstanding. In what age? In an age which is led about blindly by the most sensational desires of the day, and which is not aware of the fact that, once that feeling for Hellenism is roused, it immediately becomes aggressive and must express itself by indulging in an incessant war with the so-called culture of the present. For the public school boy of to-day, the Hellenes as Hellenes are dead: yes, he gets some enjoyment out of Homer, but a novel by Spielhagen interests him much more: yes, he swallows Greek tragedy and comedy with a certain relish, but a thoroughly modern drama, like Freitag's 'Journalists,' moves him in quite another fashion. OOLS THE PLAIN COMMENTATING AND PARAPHRASING OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN A LEAP INTO THE DARK THE FEELING FOR CLASSICAL HELENISM IS AS A MATTER OF FACT SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOME OF THE MOST ENERGETIC FIGHT FOR CULTURE AND ARTISTIC TALENT THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD ONLY HAVE PROFESSED TO AWAKEN THIS FEELING OWING TO A VERY CRUDE MISUNDERSTANDING IN WHAT AGE IN AN AGE WHICH IS LED ABOUT BLINDLY BY THE MOST SENSATIONAL DESIRES OF THE DAY AND WHICH IS NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ONCE THAT FEELING FOR HELENISM IS ROUSED IT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES AGGRESSIVE AND MUST EXPRESS ITSELF BY INDULGING IN AN INCESSANT WAR WITH THE SO CALLED CULTURE OF THE PRESENT FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY OF TO DAY THE HELOES AS HELLENES ARE DEAD YES HE GETS SOME ENJOYMENT OUT OF HOMER BUT A NOVEL BY SPEELHEGEN INTERESTS HIM MUCH MORE YES HE SWALLOWS GREEK TRAGEDY IN COMEDY WITH A CERTAIN RELISH BUT A THOROUGHLY MODERN DRAMA LIKE FREE TAG'S JOURNALISTS MOVES HIM IN QUITE ANOTHER FASHION
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