 In the estate of Busch there is the note " Durch die Kinderjahre hindurchgeprügelt " ( Beaten through the childhood years ) , however there is no evidence that Busch was referring to himself . He couldn 't recall any beating from his father . His uncle Kleine beat him once , not with the conventional rattan stick , but symbolically with dried dahlia stalks , this for stuffing cow hairs into a village idiot 's pipe . Weissweiler observes that Busch probably saw canings at his village school , where he went for three years , and quite possibly also received this punishment . In Abenteuer eines Junggesellen Busch illustrates a form of nonviolent progressive education that fails in one scene , and caning in the following scene ; the canings that ensued indicate Busch 's pessimistic picture of life , which has its roots in the Protestant ethic of the 19th century , in which he believed that man is inherently evil and will never master his vices . Civilisation is the aim of education , but it can only mask man 's instincts superficially . Gentleness only leads to a continuation of man 's misdeeds , therefore punishment is required , even if he retains his unrepentant character , becomes a trained puppet , or in extreme cases , dies . 
 In the estate of Busch <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>there</mark></a> is the note " Durch die Kinderjahre hindurchgeprügelt " ( Beaten through the childhood years ) , however <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> is no evidence that Busch was referring to himself . He couldn 't recall any beating from his father . His uncle Kleine beat him once , not with the conventional rattan stick , but symbolically with dried dahlia stalks , this for stuffing cow hairs into a village idiot <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>pipe . Weissweiler <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>observes</mark></a> that Busch probably saw canings at his village school , where he went for three years , and quite possibly also received this punishment . In Abenteuer eines Junggesellen Busch <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>illustrates</mark></a> a form of nonviolent progressive education <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>fails</mark></a> in one scene , and caning in the following scene ; the canings <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a>ensued indicate Busch <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>pessimistic picture of life , which <a href='got' title='10'><mark>has</mark></a> its roots in the Protestant ethic of the 19th century , in which he believed that man is inherently evil and will never master his vices . Civilisation <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>is</mark></a>the aim of education , but it can only mask man <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>instincts superficially . Gentleness only <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>leads</mark></a> to a continuation of man <a href='null_genetive' title='14'><mark>'s</mark></a>misdeeds , therefore punishment is required , even if he <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>retains</mark></a> his unrepentant character , <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>becomes</mark></a> a trained puppet , or in extreme cases , <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>dies</mark></a> . 
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