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THESCHOOLFORHYPOCRITES
Thesearethefalseaccusations；theaccusationofclassicism，theaccusationofcruelty，andtheaccusationofanexclusivenessbasedonperfectionofpedigree。Englishpublic-schoolboysarenotpedants，theyarenottorturers；andtheyarenot，inthevastmajorityofcases，peoplefiercelyproudoftheirancestry，orevenpeoplewithanyancestrytobeproudof。Theyaretaughttobecourteous，tobegoodtempered，tobebraveinabodilysense，tobecleaninabodilysense；
theyaregenerallykindtoanimals，generallyciviltoservants，andtoanyoneinanysensetheirequal，thejolliestcompanionsonearth。
Istherethenanythingwronginthepublic-schoolideal？