新教育(しんけういく)は、生徒(せいと)の自発的(じはつてき)な活動(くわつどう)を促(うなが)す環境(くわんきやう)の設定(せつてい)において、有効適切(いうかうてきせつ)であつたことは事実(じじつ)であらう。しかしそれは、譬(たと)へて云(い)へば、我々(われわれ)学究(がくきう)が、思索(しさく)し研究(けんきう)するに相応(ふさわ)しい書斎(しよさい)の準備(じゆんび)が出来(でき)たやうなものである。
Shinkyōiku wa, seito no jihatsuteki na katsudō o unagasu kankyō no settei ni oite, yūkō tekisetsu de atta koto wa jijitsu de arō. Shikashi sore wa, tatoete ieba, wareware gakkyū ga, shisaku shi kenkyū suru ni fusawashii shosai no junbi ga dekita yō na mono de aru.It is perhaps true that the new education was effective and right in creating an environment that encourages students to be proactive. However, figuratively speaking, it is essentially as if a study room has been readied for us academics to contemplate and do research in.