“The trouble is,” said the Librarian, “that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of the discipline.” “You can’t exercise the old kind of discipline in these days,” said the Dean, “it’s too bitterly resented.” “The modern idea is that young people should discipline themselves,” said the Librarian. “But do they?” “No; they won’t. Responsibility bores ’em. Before the War they passionately had College Meetings about everything. Now, they won’t be bothered. Half the old institutions, like the College debates
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