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- Eric Herman?
- Yes. Can I help?
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Yeah, I'd like to ask you
a few questions about Gus Pierce.
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Yeah.
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This way.
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I'm curious if Gus ever mentioned
The Order Of The Elect?
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- The what?
- Order Of The Elect.
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A secret society
at Chalk House.
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Is it?
No, I've never heard of it.
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He did pay me a visit
at one point.
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Began to spin some far-fetched
tale about his mistreatment.
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He had some bruises,
granted, but...
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I felt that they could
have been self-inflicted.
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So you just assumed
he was lying?
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We felt that he was unstable, that
his work in class was wretched.
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His behavior was anti-social.
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Frankly, I didn't think
he'd last the semester.
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Well, he didn't, did he?
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I didn't mean it like that.
That was a stupid thing to say.
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Perhaps I could have been
a little bit more sympathetic.
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You have some responsibility
to these boys, don't you?
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Isn't that what teaching's
all about?
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No, education
is not just about learning.
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It's about learning to live.
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I always take the Spartans
as an inspiration for this.
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- The Spartans?
- Yeah. You familiar with them?
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Citizens of Sparta,
4th century BC.
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Yeah. I know who they are. I'm just curious
as to what they have to do with Gus Pierce.
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They taught their young men...
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that individualism
is highly overrated.
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You're stronger as a whole.
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I like to think that we try
and achieve that here...
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in some small way.
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Thank you, Mr. Herman.