When a scholar of the old culture vows no longer to have anything to d…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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When a scholar of the old culture vows no longer to have anything to do with men who believe in progress, he is right. For the old culture has its greatness and goodness behind it, and an historical education forces one to admit that it can never again be fresh.
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