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In England, the government had made education compulsory. Many pupils had no desire to be educated.

Last Lesson of the Afternoon
T.H. Lawerence, teacher
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I do not, and will not; they won't and they don't; and that's all!
I shall keep my strength for myself; they can keep theirs as well.
Why should we beat our heads against the wall
Of each other? I shall sit and wait for the bell.

Just read To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell. I was amazed that it reminded me of Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Also The Catcher in The Rye where Holden talks about sex and playing them like a fiddle...and the whole thing is about war.
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