2/2 would i be likely to send my son to a school in which he would grow accustomed, not only through his comrades but through his very teachers, to saying " 'igh " for "high" and " hiland " for " island " ?  not to speak of the disagreeable na- sality which has afflicted the urban populations of england, and in the meanwhile, of america and australia? the gymnasia and realschulen of germany are therefore quite impossible for england. there are institutions for the training of the chil- dren of the upper classes and others for the training of the children of the lower. the boys do not know one another, they hold no converse in common, and they mutually despise one another. the old universities are, without exception, exclusive, and breed those exquisites, the english scholars who, removed from all common things in the cloisters of their mediaeval colleges, are, for all that, not inexperienced in a worldly sense  as may be assumed from their belonging to the ruling classes of a ruling nation, enjoying ample leisure for research and travel, and rep- resenting in their books and in their persons the perfection of modern culture. such scholars, to be sure, are mere products of the hot-house. the newer universities, on the other hand, are only special schools  though many prominent teachers may be on their staffs, especially chemists, physicists, and engineers, nearly all of whom have studied in germany. houston stewart chamberlain, england
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