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Nobody reaches antiquity by means of a leap into the dark, and yet the whole method of treating ancient writers in schools, the plain commentating and paraphrasing of our philological teachers, amounts to nothing more than a leap into the dark. NOBODY REACHES ANTIQUITY BY MEANS OF A LEAP INTO THE DARK AND YET THE WHOLE METHOD OF TREATING ANCIENT WRITERS IN SCHOOLS THE PLAIN COMMENTATING AND PARAPHRASING OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN A LEAP INTO THE DARK
 by the wing-strokes of their past endeavours--to the land of yearning, to Greece. "Not a suspicion of this possible relationship between our classics and classical education seems to have pierced the antique walls of public schools. Philologists seem much more eagerly engaged in introducing Homer and Sophocles to the young souls of their pupils, in their own style, calling the result simply by the unchallenged euphemism: 'classical education.' Let every one's own experience tell him what he had of Homer and Sophocles at the hands of such eager teachers. It is in this department that the greatest number of deepest deceptions occur, and whence misunderstandings are inadvertently spread. In German public schools I have never yet found a trace of what might really be called 'classical education,' and there is nothing surprising in this when one thinks of the way in which these institutions have emancipated themselves from German classical writers and the discipline of the German language. MAY BE BORNE UP TOO BY THE WING STROKES OF THEIR PAST ENDEAVOURS TO THE LAND OF YEARNING TO GREECE NOT A SUSPICION OF THIS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL EDUCATION SEEMS TO HAVE PIERCED THE ANTIQUE WALLS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS PHILOLOGISTS SEEM MUCH MORE EAGERLY ENGAGED IN INTRODUCING HOMER AND SOPHOCLES TO THE YOUNG SOULS OF THEIR PUPILS IN THEIR OWN STYLE CALLING THE RESULT SIMPLY BY THE UNCHALLENGED EUPHEMISM CLASSICAL EDUCATION LET EVERY ONE'S OWN EXPERIENCE TELL HIM WHAT HE HAD OF HOMER AND SOPHOCLES AT THE HANDS OF SUCH EAGER TEACHERS IT IS IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DEEPEST DECEPTIONS OCCUR AND WHENCE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE INADVERTEDLY SPREAD IN GERMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS I HAVE NEVER YET FOUND A TRACE OF WHAT MIGHT REALLY BE CALLED CLASSICAL EDUCATION AND THERE IS NOTHING SURPRISING IN THIS WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE WAY IN WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE EMANCIPATED THEMSELVES FROM GERMAN CLASSICAL WRITERS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE
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