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Examine it rationally once and for all, and reduce it to plain terms; lay its pitiable narrowness bare, and let it be the touchstone, not of your hearts but of your minds. EXAMINE IT RATIONALLY ONCE AND FOR ALL AND REDUCE IT TO PLAIN TERMS LAY ITS PITIABLE NARROWNESS BEAR AND LET IT BE THE TOUCHSTONE NOT OF YOUR HEARTS BUT OF YOUR MINDS
ounger man than I had; but before we could give expression to our surprise the older of the two interlopers burst forth in the following threatening and heated strain: "No! no!" he called to us, "no duels must be fought here, but least of all must you young students fight one. Away with these pistols and compose yourselves. Be reconciled, shake hands! What?--and are you the salt of the earth, the intelligence of the future, the seed of our hopes--and are you not even able to emancipate yourselves from the insane code of honour and its violent regulations? I will not cast any aspersions on your hearts, but your heads certainly do you no credit. You, whose youth is watched over by the wisdom of Greece and Rome, and whose youthful spirits, at the cost of enormous pains, have been flooded with the light of the sages and heroes of antiquity,--can you not refrain from making the code of knightly honour--that is to say, the code of folly and brutality--the guiding principle of your conduct?-- IEND HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY A SOMEWHAT YOUNGER MAN THAN I HAD BUT BEFORE WE COULD GIVE EXPRESSION TO OUR SURPRISE THE OLDER OF THE TWO INTERLOPERS BURST FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING THREATENING AND HEATED STRAIN NO NO HE CALLED TO US NO DUELS MUST BE FOUGHT HERE BUT LEAST OF ALL YOU YOUNG STUDENTS FIGHT ONE AWAY WITH THESE PISTOLS AND COMPOSE YOURSELF BE RECONCILED SHAKE HANDS WHAT AND ARE YOU THE SALT OF THE EARTH THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE FUTURE THE SEED OF OUR HOPES AND ARE YOU NOT EVEN ABLE TO EMANCIPATE YOURSELVES FROM THE INSANE CODE OF HONOUR AND ITS VIOLENT REGULATIONS I WILL NOT CAST ANY ASPIRATIONS ON YOUR HEART BUT YOUR HEADS CERTAINLY DO YOU NO CREDIT YOU WHOSE YOUTH IS WATCHED OVER BY THE WISDOM OF GREECE AND ROME AND WHOSE YOUTHFUL SPIRITS AT THE COST OF ENORMOUS PAINS HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH THE LIGHT OF THE SAGES AND HEROES OF ANTIQUITY CAN YOU NOT REFRAIN FROM MAKING THE COAT OF KNIGHTLY HONOUR THAT IS TO SAY THE COAT OF FOLLY AND BRUTALITY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF YOUR CONDUCT
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