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of　Education；　and　not　without　some　touch　of　what　we　might　presume　to　be　anger。

〃My　Teachers；〃　says　he；　〃were　hide…bound　Pedants；　without　knowledge　of　man's　nature；　or　of　boy's；　or　of　aught　save　their　lexicons　and　quarterly　account…books。　　Innumerable　dead　Vocables　（no　dead　Language；　for　they　themselves　knew　no　Language）　they　crammed　into　us；　and　called　it　fostering　the　growth　of　mind。　　How　can　an　inanimate；　mechanical　Gerund…grinder；　the　like　of　whom　will；　in　a　subsequent　century；　be　manufactured　at　Nurnberg　out　of　wood　and　leather；　foster　the　growth　of　anything；　much　more　of　Mind；　which　grows；　not　like　a　vegetable　（by　having　its　roots　littered　with　etymological　compost）；　but　like　a　spirit；　by　mysterious　contact　of　Spirit；　Thought　kindling　itself　at　the　fire　of　living　Thought？　　How　shall　_he_　give　kindling；　in　whose　own　inward　man　there　is　no　live　coal；　but　all　is　burnt　out　to　a　dead　grammatical　cinder？　　The　Hinterschlag　Professors　knew　syntax　enough；　and　of　the　human　soul　thus　much：　　that　it　had　a　faculty　called　Memory；　and　could　be　acted　on　through　the　muscular　integument　by　appliance　of　birch…rods。

〃Alas；　so　is　it　everywhere；　so　will　it　ever　be；　till　the　Hod…man　is　discharged；　or　reduced　to　hod…bearing；　and　an　Architect　is　hired；　and　on　all　hands　fitly　encouraged：　　till　communities　and　individuals　discover；　not　without　surprise；　that　fashioning　the　souls　of　a　generation　by　Knowledge　can　rank　on　a　level　with　blowing　their　bodies　to　pieces　by　Gunpowder；　that　with　Generals　and　Field…marshals　for　killing；　there　should　be　world…honored　Dignitaries；　and　were　it　possible；　true　God…ordained　Priests；　for　teaching。　But　as　yet；　though　the　Soldier　wears　openly；　and　even　parades；　his　butchering…tool；　nowhere；　far　as　I　have　travelled；　did　the　Schoolmaster　make　show　of　his　instructing…tool：　　nay；　were　he　to　walk　abroad　with　birch　girt　on　thigh；　as　if　he　therefrom　expected　honor；　would　there　not；　among　the　idler　class；　perhaps　a　certain　levity　be　excited？〃

In　the　third　year　of　this　Gymnasic　period；　Father　Andreas　seems　to　have　died：　　the　young　Scholar；　otherwise　so　maltreated；　saw　himself　for　the　first　time　clad　outwardly　in　sables；　and　inwardly　in　quite　inexpressible　melancholy。　　〃The　dark　bottomless　Abyss；　that　lies　under　our　feet；　had　yawned　open；　the　pale　kingdoms　of　Death；　with　all　their　innumerable　silent　nations　and　generations；　stood　before　him；　the　inexorable　word；　NEVER！　now　first　showed　its　meaning。　　My　Mother　wept；　and　her　sorrow　got　vent；　but　in　my　heart　there　lay　a　whole　lake　of　tears；　pent　up　in　silent　desolation。　Nevertheless　the　unworn　Spirit　is　strong；　Life　is　so　healthful　that　it　even　finds　nourishment　in　Death：　　these　stern　experiences；　planted　down　by　Memory　in　my　Imagination；　rose　there　to　a　whole　cypress…forest；　sad　but　beautiful；　waving；　with　not　unmelodious　sighs；　in　dark　luxuriance；　in　the　hottest　sunshine；　through　long　years　of　youth：as　in　manhood　also　it　does；　and　will　do；　for　I　have　now　pitched　my　tent　under　a　Cypress…tree；　the　Tomb　is　now　my　inexpugnable　Fortress；　ever　close　by　the　gate　of　which　I　look　upon　the　hostile　armaments；　and　pains　and　penalties　of　tyrannous　Life　placidly　enough；　and　listen　to　its　loudest　threatenings　with　a　still　smile。　O　ye　loved　ones；　that　already　sleep　in　the　noiseless　Bed　of　Rest；　whom　in　life　I　could　only　weep　for　and　never　help；　and　ye；　who　wide…scattered　still　toil　lonely　in　the　monster…bearing　Desert；　dyeing　the　flinty　ground　with　your　blood；yet　a　little　while；　and　we　shall　all　meet　THERE；　and　our　Mother's　bosom　will　screen　us　all；　and　Oppression's　harness；　and　Sorrow's　fire…whip；　and　all　the　Gehenna　Bailiffs　that　patrol　and　inhabit　ever…vexed　Time；　cannot　thenceforth　harm　us　any　more！　〃

Close　by　which　rather　beautiful　apostrophe；　lies　a　labored　Character　of　the　deceased　Andreas　Futteral；　of　his　natural　ability；　his　deserts　in　life　（as　Prussian　Sergeant）；　with　long　historical　inquiries　into　the　genealogy　of　the　Futteral　Family；　here　traced　back　as　far　as　Henry　the　Fowler：　　the　whole　of　which　we　pass　over；　not　without　astonishment。　　It　only　concerns　us　to　add；　that　now　was　the　time　when　Mother　Gretchen　revealed　to　her　foster…son　that　he　was　not　at　all　of　this　kindred；　or　indeed　of　any　kindred；　having　come　into　historical　existence　in　the　way　already　known　to　us。　　〃Thus　was　I　doubly　orphaned；〃　says　he；　〃bereft　not　only　of　Possession；　but　even　of　Remembrance。　　Sorrow　and　Wonder；　here　suddenly　united；　could　not　but　produce　abundant　fruit。　　Such　a　disclosure；　in　such　a　season；　struck　its　roots　through　my　whole　nature：　　ever　till　the　years　of　mature　manhood；　it　mingled　with　my　whole　thoughts；　was　as　the　stem　whereon　all　my　day…dreams　and　night…dreams　grew。　　A　certain　poetic　elevation；　yet　also　a　corresponding　civic　depression；　it　naturally　imparted：　_I　was　like　no　other_；　in　which　fixed　idea；　leading　sometimes　to　highest；　and　oftener　to　frightfullest　results；　may　there　not　lie　the　first　spring　of　tendencies；　which　in　my　Life　have　become　remarkable　enough？　　As　in　birth；　so　in　action；　speculation；　and　social　position；　my　fellows　are　perhaps　not　numerous。〃


In　the　Bag　_Sagittarius_；　as　we　at　length　discover；　Teufelsdrockh　has　become　a　University　man；　though　how；　when；　or　of　what　quality；　will　nowhere　disclose　itself　with　the　smallest　certainty。　　Few　things；　in　the　way　of　confusion　and　capricious　indistinctness；　can　now　surprise　our　readers；　not　even　the　total　want　of　dates；　almost　without　parallel　in　a　Biographical　work。　　So　enigmatic；　so　chaotic　we　have　always　found；　and　must　always　look　to　find；　these　scattered　Leaves。　　In　_Sagittarius_；　however；　Teufelsdrockh　begins　to　show　himself　even　more　than　usually　Sibylline：　　fragments　of　all　sorts：　　scraps　of　regular　Memoir；　College…Exercises；　Programs；　Professional　Testimoniums；　Milkscores；　torn　Billets；　sometimes　to　appearance　of　an　amatory　cast；　all　blown　together　as　if　by　merest　chance；　henceforth　bewilder　the　sane　Historian。　　To　combine　any　picture　of　these　University；　and　the　subsequent；　years；　much　more；　to　decipher　therein　any　illustrative　primordial　elements　of　the　Clothes…Philosophy；　becomes　such　a　problem　as　the　reader　may　imagine。

So　much　we　can　see；　darkly；　as　through　the　foliage　of　some　wavering　thicket：　　a　youth　of　no　common　endowment；　who　has　passed　happily　through　Childhood；　less　happily　yet　still　vigorously　through　Boyhood；　now　at　length　perfect　in　〃dead　vocables；〃　and　set　down；　as　he　hopes；　by　the　living　Fountain；　there　to　superadd　Ideas　and　Capabilities。　　From　such　Fountain　he　draws；　diligently；　thirstily；　yet　never　or　seldom　with　his　whole　heart；　for　the　water　nowise　suits　his　palate；　discouragements；　entanglements；　aberrations　are　discoverable　or　supposable。　　Nor　perhaps　are　even　pecuniary　distresses　wanting；　for　〃the　good　Gretchen；　who　in　spite　of　advices　from　not　disinterested　relatives　has　sent　him　hither；　must　after　a　time　withdraw　her　willing　but　too　feeble　hand。〃　　Nevertheless　in　an　atmosphere　of　Poverty　and　manifold　Chagrin；　the　Humor　of　that　young　Soul；　what　character　is　in　him；　first　decisively　reveals　itself；　and；　like　strong　sunshine　in　weeping　skies；　gives　out　variety　of　colors；　some　of　which　are　prismatic。　　Thus；　with　the　aid　of　Time　and　of　what　Time　brings；　has　the　stripling　Diogenes　Teufelsdrockh　waxed　into　manly　stature；　and　into　so　questionable　an　aspect；　that　we　ask　with　new　eagerness；　How　he　specially　came　by　it；　and　regret　anew　that　there　is　no　more　explicit　answer。　　Certain　of　the　intelligible　and　partially　significant　fragments；　which　are　few　in　number；　shall　be　extracted　from　that　Limbo　of　a　Paper…bag；　and　presented　with　the　usual　preparation。

As　if；　in　the　Bag　_Scorpio_；　Teufelsdrockh　had　not　already　expectorated　his　antipedagogic　spleen；　as　if；　from　the　name　_Sagittarius_；　he　had　thought　himself　called　upon　to　shoot　arrows；　we　here　again　fall　in　with　such　matter　as　this：　　〃The　University　where　I　was　educated　still　stands　vivid　enough　in　my　remembrance；　and　I　know　its　name　well；　which　name；　however；　I；　from　tenderness　to　existing　interests　and　persons；　shall　in　nowise　divulge。　　It　is　my　painful　duty　to　say　that；　out　of　England　and　Spain；　ours　was　the　worst　of　all　hitherto　discovered　Universities。　　This　is　indeed　a　time　when　right　Education　is；　as　nearly　as　may　be；　impossible：　　however；　in　degrees　of　wrongness　there　is　no　limit：　　nay；　I　can　conceive　a　worse　system　than　that　of　the　Nameless　itself；　as　poisoned　victual　may　be　worse　than　absolute　hunger。

〃It　is　written；　When　the　blind　lead　the　blind；　both　shall　fall　into　the　ditch：　　wherefore；　in　such　circumstances；　may　it　not　sometimes　be　safer；　if　both　leader　and　led　simplysit　still？　　Had　you；　anywhere　in　Crim　Tartary；　walled　in　a　square　enclosure；　furnished　it　with　a　small；　ill…chosen　Library；　and　then　turned　loose　into　it　eleven　hundred　Christian　striplings；　to　tumble　about　as　they　listed；　from　three　to　seven　years：　　certain　persons；　under　the　title　of　Professors；　being　stationed　at　the　gates；　to　declare　aloud　that　it　was　a　University；　and　exact　considerable　admission…fees；you　had；　not　indeed　in　mechanical　structure；　yet　in　spirit　and　result；　some　imperfect　resemblance　of　our　High　Seminary。　　I　say；　imperfect；　for　if　our　mechanical　structure　was　quite　other；　so　neither　was　our　result　altogether　the　same：　　unhappily；　we　were　not　in　Cri