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"For centuries it has been an understood thing that one alluded to scholars alone when one spoke of cultured men; but experience tells us that it would be difficult to find any necessary relation between the two classes to day. FOR CENTURIES IT HAS BEEN AN UNDERSTOOD THING THAT ONE ALLUDED TO SCHOLARS ALONE WHEN ONE SPOKE OF CULTURED MEN BUT EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY NECESSARY RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSES TO DAY
imself exclusively to one branch and ignore all others if he ever wish to achieve anything in his work. Should he then elevate himself above the herd by means of his speciality, he still remains one of them in regard to all else,--that is to say, in regard to all the most important things in life. Thus, a specialist in science gets to resemble nothing so much as a factory workman who spends his whole life in turning one particular screw or handle on a certain instrument or machine, at which occupation he acquires the most consummate skill. In Germany, where we know how to drape such painful facts with the glorious garments of fancy, this narrow specialisation on the part of our learned men is even admired, and their ever greater deviation from the path of true culture is regarded as a moral phenomenon. 'Fidelity in small things,' 'dogged faithfulness,' become expressions of highest eulogy, and the lack of culture outside the speciality is flaunted abroad as a sign of noble sufficiency. L NEED TO DEVOTE HIMSELF EXCLUSIVELY TO ONE BRANCH AND IGNORE ALL OTHERS IF HE EVER WISHED TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING IN HIS WORK SHOULD HE THEN ELEVATE HIMSELF ABOVE THE HERD BY MEANS OF HIS SPECIALTY HE STILL REMAINS ONE OF THEM IN REGARD TO ALL ELSE THAT IS TO SAY IN REGARD TO ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE THUS A SPECIALIST IN SCIENCE GETS TO RESEMBLE NOTHING SO MUCH AS A FACTORY WORKMAN WHO SPENDS HIS WHOLE LIFE IN TURNING ONE PARTICULAR SCREW OR HANDLE ON A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT OR MACHINE AT WHICH OCCUPATION HE ACQUIRES THE MOST CONSUMMATE SKILL IN GERMANY WHERE WE KNOW HOW TO DRAPE SUCH PAINFUL FACTS WITH THE GLORIOUS GARMENTS OF FANCY THIS NARROW SPECIALIZATION ON THE PART OF OUR LEARNED MEN IS EVEN ADMIRED AND THEIR EVEN GREATER DEVIATION FROM THE PATH OF TRUE CULTURE IS REGARDED AS A MORAL PHENOMENON FIDELITY IN SMALL THINGS DOGGED FAITHFULNESS BECOME EXPRESSIONS OF THE HIGHEST EULOGY AND THE LACK OF CULTURE OUTSIDE THE SPECIALTIES FLAUNTED ABROAD AS A SIGN OF NOBLE SUFFICIENCY
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