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So you are proud of your poets and artists, my good Teutons? You point to them and brag about them to foreign countries, do you? SO YOU ARE PROUD OF YOUR POETS AND ARTISTS MY GOOD TEUTONS YOU POINT TO THEM AND BRAG ABOUT THEM TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO YOU
 or at all events just as little as Beethoven, Schiller, Goethe, or every one of our great poets and artists. It may perhaps be a law of nature that only the later generations are destined to know by what divine gifts an earlier generation was favoured." At this point the old philosopher could not control his anger, and shouted to his companion: "Oh, you innocent lamb of knowledge! You gentle sucking doves, all of you! And would you give the name of arguments to those distorted, clumsy, narrow-minded, ungainly, crippled things? Yes, I have just now been listening to the fruits of some of this present-day culture, and my ears are still ringing with the sound of historical 'self-understood' things, of over-wise and pitiless historical reasonings! Mark this, thou unprofaned Nature: thou hast grown old, and for thousands of years this starry sky has spanned the space above thee--but thou hast never yet heard such conceited and, at bottom, mischievous chatter as the talk of the present day! ULTURE OF THEIR TIME EVEN LESS THEN OR AT ALL EVENTS JUST AS LITTLE AS BEETHOVEN SCHILLER GIRTA OR EVEN ONE OF OUR GREAT POETS AND ARTISTS IT MAY PERHAPS BE A LAW OF NATURE THAT ONLY THE LATER GENERATIONS ARE DESTINED TO KNOW BY WHAT DIVINE GIFTS AN EARLIER GENERATION WAS FAVORED AT THIS POINT THE OLD PHILOSOPHER COULD NOT CONTROL HIS ANGER AND SHOUTED TO HIS COMPANION OH YOU INNOCENT LAMB OF KNOWLEDGE YOU GENTLE SUCKING DOVES ALL OF YOU AND WOULD YOU GIVE THE NAME OF ARGUMENTS TO THOSE DISTORTED CLUMSY NARROW MINDED UNGAINLY CRIPPLED THINGS YES I HAVE JUST NOW BEEN LISTENING TO THE FRUITS OF SOME OF THIS PRESENT DAY CULTURE AND MY EARS ARE STILL RINGING WITH THE SOUND OF HISTORICAL SELF UNDERSTOOD THINGS OF OVERWISE AND PITILESS HISTORICAL REASONINGS MARK THIS THOU UNPROFANED NATURE THOU HAST GROWN OLD AND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS THIS STARRY SKY HAS SPANNED THE SPACE ABOVE THEE BUT THOU HAST NEVER YET HEARD SUCH CONCEITED AND AT BOTTOM MISCHIEVOUS CHATTER AS THE TALK OF THE PRESENT DAY
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