It Is The Goal Of The American

Quite Apart From Any Conscious Program, The Great Cultural Historians Have Always Been Historical Morphologists: Seekers After Theforms Of Life, Thought, Custom, Knowledge, Art.

It Is The Goal Of The American University To Be The Brains Of The Republic.

Physical Nature Lies At Our Feet Shackled With A Hundred Chains. What Of The Control Of Human Nature? Do Not Point To The Triumphsof Psychiatry, Social Services Or The War Against Crime. Domination Of Human Nature Can Only Mean The Domination Of Every Man By Himself.

He Who Wishes To Maintain That The Past Of Mankind No Longer Has Any Absolute Value In Lifemust Also Be Ready To Deny His Ownlife Until The Present Moment, Indeed In Advance Until The Last Moment, As Worthless. He Who Realizes That Culture Is The Giving Of Form Will Also See That The Highest Forms That It Is Given To The Human Spirit To Recognize Have Always Been, Psychologically Considered, Such Evasions From The Present. Considerations Such As These Do Not At All Square With The Direction Of America's Mind.

One Does Not Realize The Historical Sensation As A Re-experiencing, But As An Understanding That Is Closely Related To The Understanding Of Music, Or Rather Of The World By Means Of Music.