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Thou art education! Thou art indeed culture!'" THOU ART EDUCATION THOU ART INDEED CULTURE
 in the hour of extremity, secures such a pseudo-culture as its associate. For what, after all, do we know about the difficult task of governing men, _i.e._ to keep law, order, quietness, and peace among millions of boundlessly egoistical, unjust, unreasonable, dishonourable, envious, malignant, and hence very narrow-minded and perverse human beings; and thus to protect the few things that the State has conquered for itself against covetous neighbours and jealous robbers? Such a hard-pressed State holds out its arms to any associate, grasps at any straw; and when such an associate does introduce himself with flowery eloquence, when he adjudges the State, as Hegel did, to be an 'absolutely complete ethical organism,' the be-all and end-all of every one's education, and goes on to indicate how he himself can best promote the interests of the State--who will be surprised if, without further parley, the State falls upon his neck and cries aloud in a barbaric voice of full conviction: 'Yes!  TOLERATION OF THE STATE IF THE LATTER HARD PRESSED IN THE HOUR OF EXTREMITY SECURES SUCH A PSEUDOCULTURE AS ITS ASSOCIATE FOR WHAT AFTER ALL DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE DIFFICULT TASK OF GOVERNING MEN I E TO KEEP LAW ORDER QUIETNESS AND PEACE AMONG MILLIONS OF BOUNDLESSLY EGOTISTICAL UNREASONABLE DISHONORABLE ENVIOUS MALIGNANT AND HENCE VERY NARROW MINDED AND PERVERSE HUMAN BEINGS AND THUS TO PROTECT THE FEW THINGS THAT THE STATE HAS CONQUERED FOR ITSELF COVETOUS NEIGHBORS AND JEALOUS ROBBERS SUCH A HARD PRESSED STATE HOLDS OUT ITS ARMS TO ANY ASSOCIATE GRASPS AT ANY STRAW AND WHEN SUCH AN ASSOCIATE DOES INTRODUCE HIMSELF WITH FLOWERY ELOQUENCE WHEN HE ADJUDGES THE STATE AS HEGEL DID TO BE AN ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE ETHICAL ORGANISM THE BE ALL AND END ALL OF EVERY ONE'S EDUCATION AND GOES ON TO INDICATE HOW HE HIMSELF CAN BEST PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE WHO WILL BE SURPRISED IF WITHOUT FURTHER PARLEY THE STATE FALLS UPON HIS NECK AND CRIES ALOUD IN A BARBARIC VOICE OF FULL CONVICTION YES
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