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"Everybody who is in earnest in this matter will have the same sort of experience as the recruit in the army who is compelled to learn walking after having walked almost all his life as a dilettante or empiricist. EVERYBODY WHO IS IN EARNEST IN THIS MANNER WILL HAVE THE SAME SORT OF EXPERIENCE AS THE RECRUIT IN THE ARMY WHO IS COMPELLED TO LEARN WALKING AFTER HAVING WALKED ALMOST ALL HIS LIFE AS A DILETTANTE OR EMPIRICIST
be able to realise how lightly and beautifully they trod it, and how stiffly and swaggeringly the others follow at their heels. "Only by means of such discipline can the young man acquire that physical loathing for the beloved and much-admired 'elegance' of style of our newspaper manufacturers and novelists, and for the 'ornate style' of our literary men; by it alone is he irrevocably elevated at a stroke above a whole host of absurd questions and scruples, such, for instance, as whether Auerbach and Gutzkow are really poets, for his disgust at both will be so great that he will be unable to read them any longer, and thus the problem will be solved for him. Let no one imagine that it is an easy matter to develop this feeling to the extent necessary in order to have this physical loathing; but let no one hope to reach sound æsthetic judgments along any other road than the thorny one of language, and by this I do not mean philological research, but self-discipline in one's mother-tongue.  TROD IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE HOW LIGHTLY AND BEAUTIFULLY THEY TROT IT AND HOW STIFELY AND SWAGGERINGLY THE OTHERS FOLLOW AT THEIR HEELS ONLY BY MEANS OF SUCH DISCIPLINE CAN THE YOUNG MAN ACQUIRE THAT PHYSICAL LOATHING FOR THE BELOVED AND MUCH ADMIRED ELEGANCE OF STYLE OF OUR NEWSPAPER MANUFACTURERS AND NOVELISTS AND FOR THE ORNATE STYLE OF OUR LITERARY MEN BY IT ALONE IS HE IRREVOCABLY ELEVATED AT A STROKE ABOVE A WHOLE HOST OF ABSURD QUESTIONS AND SCRUPLES SUCH FOR INSTANCE AS WHETHER AUERBACH AND GOUTSKAU ARE REALLY POETS FOR HIS DISGUST THAT BOTH WILL BE SO GREAT THAT HE WILL BE UNABLE TO READ THEM ANY LONGER AND THUS THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED FOR HIM LET NO ONE IMAGINE THAT IT IS AN EASY MATTER TO DEVELOP THIS FEELING TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PHYSICAL LOATHING BUT LET NO ONE HOPE TO REACH SOUND AESTHETIC JUDGMENTS ALONG ANY OTHER ROAD THAN THE THORNY ONE OF LANGUAGE AND BY THIS I DO NOT MEAN PHILOLOGICAL RESEARCH BUT SELF DISCIPLINE IN ONE'STHER TONGUE
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