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126 Frank Wedekind
exerted upon his classmates ;
we cannot, above all, because
we must hinder him from exerting the same influence
upon his remaining classmates. We cannot ignore the
charge and this, gentlemen, is possibly the weightiest
of all on any pretext concerning a ruined career, be
cause it is our duty to protect ourselves from an epidemic
of suicide similar to that which has broken out recently
in various grammar schools, and which until to-day has
mocked all attempts of the teachers to shackle it by any
means known to advanced education. . . . We see our
selves under the necessity of judging the guilt-laden that
we may not be judged guilty ourselves. . . . Are you the
author of this obscene manuscript?
Melchior. Yes I request you, sir, to show me any
thing obscene in it.
Sonnenstich. You have as little respect for the dig
nity of your assembled teachers as you have a proper
appreciation of mankind s innate sense of shame which
belongs to a moral world.
Melchior s mother, a modern type, has greater
faith in her child than in school education. But
even she cannot hold out against the pressure of
public opinion; still less against the father of
Melchior, a firm believer in authority and dis
cipline.
Herr Gabor. Anyone who can write what Melchior
wrote must be rotten to the core of his being. The mark
is plain. A half-healthy nature wouldn t do such a
thing. None of us are saints. Each of us wanders from
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