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For the public school boy of to day, the Hellenes as Hellenes are dead: yes, he gets some enjoyment out of Homer, but a novel by Spielhagen interests him much more: yes, he swallows Greek tragedy and comedy with a certain relish, but a thoroughly modern drama, like Freitag's 'Journalists,' moves him in quite another fashion. FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY OF TO DAY THE HELOES AS HELLENES ARE DEAD YES HE GETS SOME ENJOYMENT OUT OF HOMER BUT A NOVEL BY SPEELHEGEN INTERESTS HIM MUCH MORE YES HE SWALLOWS GREEK TRAGEDY IN COMEDY WITH A CERTAIN RELISH BUT A THOROUGHLY MODERN DRAMA LIKE FREE TAG'S JOURNALISTS MOVES HIM IN QUITE ANOTHER FASHION
othing surprising in this when one thinks of the way in which these institutions have emancipated themselves from German classical writers and the discipline of the German language. Nobody reaches antiquity by means of a leap into the dark, and yet the whole method of treating ancient writers in schools, the plain commentating and paraphrasing of our philological teachers, amounts to nothing more than a leap into the dark. "The feeling for classical Hellenism is, as a matter of fact, such an exceptional outcome of the most energetic fight for culture and artistic talent that the public school could only have professed to awaken this feeling owing to a very crude misunderstanding. In what age? In an age which is led about blindly by the most sensational desires of the day, and which is not aware of the fact that, once that feeling for Hellenism is roused, it immediately becomes aggressive and must express itself by indulging in an incessant war with the so-called culture of the present. AND THERE IS NOTHING SURPRISING IN THIS WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE WAY IN WHICH THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE EMANCIPATED THEMSELVES FROM GERMAN CLASSICAL WRITERS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE NOBODY REACHES ANTIQUITY BY MEANS OF A LEAP INTO THE DARK AND YET THE WHOLE METHOD OF TREATING ANCIENT WRITERS IN SCHOOLS THE PLAIN COMMENTATING AND PARAPHRASING OF OUR PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHERS AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN A LEAP INTO THE DARK THE FEELING FOR CLASSICAL HELENISM IS AS A MATTER OF FACT SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOME OF THE MOST ENERGETIC FIGHT FOR CULTURE AND ARTISTIC TALENT THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD ONLY HAVE PROFESSED TO AWAKEN THIS FEELING OWING TO A VERY CRUDE MISUNDERSTANDING IN WHAT AGE IN AN AGE WHICH IS LED ABOUT BLINDLY BY THE MOST SENSATIONAL DESIRES OF THE DAY AND WHICH IS NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ONCE THAT FEELING FOR HELENISM IS ROUSED IT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES AGGRESSIVE AND MUST EXPRESS ITSELF BY INDULGING IN AN INCESSANT WAR WITH THE SO CALLED CULTURE OF THE PRESENT
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