Herder's Perpetual Doctrine, Do Not Lean on Others

Herder's perpetual doctrine is, don't be a parasite upon even upon your own past because you are a german. Do not worship oy of arminius. Do not try and revive the marvellous heroism of the ancient ciruscans. If you yourselves create with sufficient degree of imagination and force, let others judge whether you are classical or not. We must be of our time.