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The attempt fails: memory, not yet suffocated by the mountains of printed paper under which it is buried, keeps on repeating from time to time: 'A degenerate man of culture! THE ATTEMPTS FAIL MEMORY NOT YET SUFFOCATED BY THE MOUNTAINS OF PRINTED PAPER UNDER WHICH IT IS BURIED KEEPS ON REPEATING FROM TIME TO TIME A DEGENERATE MAN OF CULTURE
nevertheless the mien of a sovereign; so that, for example, Gutzkow the novelist might be pointed to as the best example of a modern public school boy turned æsthete. Such a degenerate man of culture is a serious matter, and it is a horrifying spectacle for us to see that all our scholarly and journalistic publicity bears the stigma of this degeneracy upon it. How else can we do justice to our learned men, who pay untiring attention to, and even co-operate in the journalistic corruption of the people, how else than by the acknowledgment that their learning must fill a want of their own similar to that filled by novel-writing in the case of others: _i.e._ a flight from one's self, an ascetic extirpation of their cultural impulses, a desperate attempt to annihilate their own individuality. From our degenerate literary art, as also from that itch for scribbling of our learned men which has now reached such alarming proportions, wells forth the same sigh: Oh that we could forget ourselves! TABLISHMENTS BUT ASSUMES NEVERTHELESS THE MIND OF A SOVEREIGN SO THAT FOR EXAMPLE GUTSKOW THE NOVELIST MIGHT BE APPOINTED TO AS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY TURNED AESTI SUCH A DEGENERATE MAN OF CULTURE IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND IT IS A HORRIFYING SPECTACLE FOR US TO SEE THAT ALL OUR SCHOLARLY AND JOURNALISTIC PUBLICITY BEARS THE STIGMA OF THIS DEGENERACY UPON IT HOW ELSE CAN WE DO JUSTICE TO OUR LEARNED MEN WHO PAY UNTIRING ATTENTION TO AND EVEN CO OPERATE IN THE JOURNALISTIC CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE HOW ELSE THEN BY THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEIR LEARNING MUST FILL A WANT OF THEIR OWN SIMILAR TO THAT FILLED BY NOVEL WRITING IN THE CASE OF OTHERS I E A FLIGHT FROM ONESELF AN ASCETIC EXTIRPATION OF THEIR CULTURAL IMPULSES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ANNIHILATE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALITY FROM OUR DEGENERATE LITERARY ART AS ALSO FROM THAT ITCH FOR SCRIBBLING OF OUR LEARNED MEN WHICH HAS NOW REACHED SUCH ALARMING PROPORTION WELLS FORTH THE SAME SIGH OH THAT WE COULD FORGET OURSELVES
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