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"I remember," replied the scolded pupil, "you used to say no one would strive to attain to culture if he knew how incredibly small the number of really cultured people actually is, and can ever be. I REMEMBER REPLIED THE SCOLDED PUPIL YOU USED TO SAY NO ONE WOULD STRIVE TO ATTAIN CULTURE IF HE KNEW HOW INCREDIBLY SMALL THE NUMBER OF REALLY CULTURED PEOPLE ACTUALLY IS AND CAN EVER BE
," he cried to him, "unfortunately unchanged. It is quite incomprehensible to me how you can still be the same as you were seven years ago, when I saw you for the last time and left you with so much misgiving. I fear I must once again divest you, however reluctantly, of the skin of modern culture which you have donned meanwhile;--and what do I find beneath it? The same immutable 'intelligible' character forsooth, according to Kant; but unfortunately the same unchanged 'intellectual' character, too--which may also be a necessity, though not a comforting one. I ask myself to what purpose have I lived as a philosopher, if, possessed as you are of no mean intelligence and a genuine thirst for knowledge, all the years you have spent in my company have left no deeper impression upon you. At present you are behaving as if you had not even heard the cardinal principle of all culture, which I went to such pains to inculcate upon you during our former intimacy. Tell me,--what was that principle? ER INCREASING VEHEMENCE YOU ARE UNCHANGED HE CRIED TO HIM UNFORTUNATELY UNCHANGED IT IS QUITE INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME HOW YOU CAN STILL BE THE SAME AS YOU WERE SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN I SAW YOU FOR THE LAST TIME AND LEFT YOU WITH SO MUCH MISGIVING I FEAR I MUST AGAIN DIVEST YOU HOWEVER RELUCTANTLY OF THE SKIN OF MODERN CULTURE WHICH YOU HAVE DONNED MEANWHILE AND WHAT DO I FIND BENEATH IT THE SAME IMMUTABLE INTELLIGIBLE CHARACTER FORSOOTH ACCORDING TO KANT BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE SAME UNCHANGED INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER TOO WHICH MAY ALSO BE NECESSITY THOUGH NOT A COMFORTING ONE I ASK MYSELF TO WHAT PURPOSE HAVE I LIVED AS A PHILOSOPHER IF POSSESSED AS YOU ARE OF NO MEAN INTELLIGENCE AND A GENUINE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE ALL THE YEARS YOU HAVE SPENT IN MY COMPANY HAVE LEFT NO DEEPER IMPRESSION UPON YOU AT PRESENT YOUR BEHAVING AS IF YOU HAD NOT EVEN HEARD THE CARDINAL PRINCIPLE OF ALL CULTURE WHICH I WENT TO SUCH PAINS TO INCULCATE UPON YOU DURING OUR FORMER INTIMACY TELL ME WHAT WAS THAT PRINCIPLE
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