Nevertheless， one is necessary. "As for myself， I would rather confide public education to a religious order than leave it as it is to-day，"which means free and abandoned to private individuals. "But I want neither one nor the other." Two conditions are requisite for the new establishment. First of all，"I want a corporation because a corporation never dies"；it alone， through its perpetuity， maintains teaching in the way marked out for it， brings up "according to fixed principles" successive generations， thus assuring the stability of the political State， and "inspires youth with a spirit and opinions in conformity with the new laws of the empire." And this corporation must be secular. Its members are to be State and not Church "Jesuits"；[29] they must belong to the Emperor and not to the Pope， and will form， in the hands of the government， a civil militia composed of "ten thousand persons，"administrators and professors of every degree， comprehending schoolmasters， an organized， coherent and lasting militiaAs it must be secular， there must be no hold on it through dogma or faith， paradise or hell， no spiritual incitements； consequently， temporal means are to be employed， not less effective， when one knows how to manage them， - self-esteem， pride， (amour propre)， competition， imagination， ambition， magnificent hopes and vague dreams of unlimited promotion， in short， the means and motives already maintaining the temper and zeal of the army. "The educational corps must copy the classification of military grades； "an order of promotion，" a hierarchy of places is to be instituted； no one will attain superior rank without having passed through the inferior； "no one can become a principal without having been a teacher， nor professor in the higher classes without having taught in the lower ones." - And， on the other hand， the highest places will be within reach of all； "the young， who devoted themselves to teaching， will enjoy the perspective of rising from one grade to another， up to the highest dignities of the State."Authority， importance， titles， large salaries， pre-eminence， precedence， - these are to exist in the University as in other public careers and furnish the wherewithal for the most magnificent dreams.[30] "The feet of this great body[31] will be on the college benches and its head in the senate." Its chief， the Grand-Master， unique of his species， less restricted， with freer hands than the ministers themselves， is to be one of the principal personages of the empire； his greatness will exalt the condition and feeling of his subordinates. In the provinces， on every festive occasion or at every public ceremony， people will take pride in seeing their rector or principal in official costume seated alongside of the general or prefect in full uniform.[32]
The consideration awarded to their chief will reflect on them； they will enjoy it along with him； they will say to themselves that they too， like him and those under him， all together， form an élite； by degrees， they will feel that they are all one body； they will acquire the spirit of the association and attach themselves to the University， the same as a soldier to his regiment or like a monk to his brethren in a monastery.