1. i sure hope you're reading that for an assignment, because that's some pretty dense, archaic, formal writing to be reading for fun
2. i think he's saying something along the lines of 'you have to learn the rules before you can break the rules' or 'learn everything you can from those who came before, and then from this foundation, strike out on your own'
imitation is for when they are in school to learn the basics, then they move beyond that after graduation
school necessarily can only teach you what has been done before, to go beyond that you must be your own teacher.
notice the 'you are HENCEFORTH to be your own teachers', now that we have taught you the foundation, go forth and build upon it

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