:24:00
Stand at ease, Major.
:24:03
Sir, how can they do this?
:24:08
With the stroke of a pen, sir.
:24:12
Their field of honour was a desk top.
:24:16
They didn't consult me.
:24:20
Never hinted at what their plans were.
:24:22
They just papered it and pencilled it
and went ahead and did it
:24:26
because that's what the numbers said.
:24:29
Sir, all they want is money.
Let them raise the tuition. We'll pay it.
:24:36
I'm afraid it's not quite that simple, son.
:24:41
There's a feeling on the outside
that schools like this are anachronistic
:24:49
and leaders of men
like you and me are dinosaurs.
:24:54
Sir?
:24:57
Well, you go to the movies, you read books.
:24:59
A military leader is always portrayed
as slightly insane.
:25:04
Very often more than slightly.
:25:07
That's because it is insane to cling to honour
:25:15
in a world where honour is held in contempt.
:25:19
Sir, I don't know
if I really deserve the rank of major.
:25:24
My first thought was for myself.
I didn't think about the others or the school...
:25:30
- Sit down, Mr Moreland.
- Sir.
:25:39
Never be ashamed of being human.
:25:43
Without humanity, a leader becomes a tyrant.
:25:46
I was relieved. I figured I had another year.
I could graduate and go on to West Point.
:25:51
So you will. And the others too.
:25:55
I haven't spent a lifetime fighting
just to turn over and play dead now.