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The consistency which is prized in a savant is pedantry if applied to the Greeks.
94 (The Greeks and the Philologists.)
| The Greeks. | The Philologists are · |
| render homage to beauty, | babblers and triflers, |
| develop the body, | ugly-looking creatures, |
| speak clearly, | stammerers, |
| are religious transfigurers of everyday occurrences, | filthy pedants, |
| are listeners and observers, | quibblers and scarecrows, |
| have an aptitude for the symbolical, | unfitted for the symbolical, |
| are in full possession of their freedom as men, | ardent slaves of the State, |
| can look innocently out into the world, | Christians in disguise, |
| are the pessimists of thought. | philistines. |