New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-03

the world together protecting the Christian eisDorao
OF universal morality-ths immense concentration VI
authority was necessary means OF d-cipiinAs ~ ~.
manly and forming obedience along with the an OF
commanding ., ,;
Well then. in the view Of this stern and rigid tram
in- the Young learn something which our own epoch
6issirn'ed in dslectics and vague deoatln- cannot
Offer they 20 70 school in which modern reckless
ness Is somev bat licked into shape IN which me hece-
,,v of dscpl ne sndthe Of orishp aud OF comsn1
are taught By their own ideals.
The SUPPRESSION OF the voice o. morality az the coul
rnand Of policy gives antique characters something
rude and hard snd makes their forms IKE
ewes have no sparkle nor movement nnd i1oih "Hol
the soul docs net speak The combination oil lulet'os
so different a. the military snd priesty characters 80
various as that Of the citizen and ~ the ruler lends ~
IN aspect Of violence and rigid intensity Ia,
But what characters are our own. now that me "i'I
ion # labor has separated broken up AMI remove"
sns1t eli Nc oers occupations and positions They are
filtered broken often for the most part per ohsly
nhcant and the further they are advanced IN 'ner n'
vusl work the les substantial = their reis'lou - t
world Verv seldom do we see those Nei-hty 0iA1a'
.o ,bo ave cpnsblc If great personal experiences and
who express the influence OF the same II 'heF
Well Their the study Of antiquity preserves the lies
cf The possibility Of character az once conpFeAehsN,
and couuct. il leads from the modern sphnterius and
broknness il Is refreshing as the sight OF an "hPue
statue.
Further II Is true that in antiquity war was an eni
while in modern times il IL bat an cxcep,ionai means
1 phtnCnenon Ike the Romans v 10 regarded the en-
ure of the world and the subuguton oil All natonstcs
a. their mission il nowadays impossible.
But for the vcIy reason that the Romans once lor s
accomplish ed this mission and gained this end did they
labor Tor the world end for all times. 30 long ~ te
world stands il will learn from their example WHAT =
unity OF aim and what consequence and persistence III
execution.
Not ill the Romans had subjugated the nations ana
overhrown their national aristocraces WIN ther sou
did thev create the unity Of humanity, the historic.
ground Of mountaineering above ali they nave ''us'
e-kin nd tho li~hf q purpose
have not here taken into account the tact tht .ue
Greeks originated mathematics and exact Investigation
ot nature that their will eteay be the educator o
buiuanty that their guage in contract WIN the loose
noes and ever-inorcasng indifference Oh the mOuSrn
tongues will always satisfy the demands OF toIln ty'nh
and harmony ..... -
Ihave only looked the leading points IN respect 10
vIrb lie antique culture il inferior 70 the modern
hive simply sought to demonstrate Rousseaus injustice
toward Christien civilization But in these same points
/. most manifest the injustice Of the theological reaction
which sims to take from youth the ancient Ideals
Nothing can better prove its ncapacity than tins war
against tie antique classics.
In tocf the more modern civilization developed, and
the more it, supe iOry antiquity becomes manifest
the greater imnotancc viii he attached 10 their study
Thc more securely the division Of power shall be or
pauized that i. 70 say the morality and the entire
spirifua world shall be hced from the dictatorship
OF politics, 80 much more important a means OF
culture AID education, VIII he the study Of time whose
problem not ;her division hut their concentration,
and the plastic formation of character.
The epoch q division and naturalization VIII eXer-
ce and strengthen sef in that OF plastic concentra
ton iust as modern cosmOpotanism wlll always nave
iced ofan'iouc patriotism BRUNo BAUER.