. The Varsity war supplement 1916. instthe scholar and gentleman—these two antitheses take usa long way in understanding the general difference betweenGerman and English scholarship. We are aiming always atculture—in Arnolds sense, not Bernhardis. The Germansare aiming at research or achievement. I am inclined to think that the difference here indicatedgoes deep. There have been several books produced of lateyears in England of which one could say this: They are thework of professional scholars possessed of much exactlearning and a decided spirit of research, yet the movingimpulse which produc
. The Varsity war supplement 1916. instthe scholar and gentleman—these two antitheses take usa long way in understanding the general difference betweenGerman and English scholarship. We are aiming always atculture—in Arnolds sense, not Bernhardis. The Germansare aiming at research or achievement. I am inclined to think that the difference here indicatedgoes deep. There have been several books produced of lateyears in England of which one could say this: They are thework of professional scholars possessed of much exactlearning and a decided spirit of research, yet the movingimpulse which produced the books is really the impulse ofthe artist. In Germany we find nothing of the sort. Therethe work of scholarship is produced by a specialist withonly specialists in mind as readers. In German scholarshipwe find, as I have said, the spirit of the professional, wherein English scholarship we find the spirit of the the spirit of the amateur is, after all, the spirit of theartist. By courtesy of the New York Times. Advanced Dressing Station on the Aisne 118 A Field Ambulance on the March THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT Learning to Fly The Observations of a Military Aviator MY EDUCATION as a French army aviator wasdeclared complete last week. I have received mybrevet to pilot a reconnaissance machine, and aftermy brief permission in Paris I am starting for theline. Frankly, I know that I may not come out alive; andit has occurred to me that I would better record now, as I havealways expected to do after the war, some of my impressionsand observations on the art of flying. They are talking a lotabout preparedness at home; and one of the first things wemust do is to build up an aviation corps. Perhaps thisarticle may serve to help point us in the right way. Although I am an American by birth, training and nation-ality, I have enlisted not in that American squadrilla whichhas been doing such good work at the front, but in a FrenchCorps. My teachers and associates h
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