“Now that adolescence is accessible to the multitude and not restricted to gentlemen and lords, many adults are taking alarm at what seems to be a barbaric horde of scruffy girls and boys out to dismantle the structure of society. It is hard to see any virtue in it at all. What the grown-ups see in its stead is considerable evidence of pride, covetousness, anger, gluttony,envy, sloth, and a great deal of lust.”
