`` Give them a good whipping , of course . '' `` Oh , Jane , you would n't , '' cried Anne , shocked . `` Jane , you COULD N'T ! '' `` Indeed , I could and would , if they deserved it , '' said Jane decidedly . `` I could NEVER whip a child , '' said Anne with equal decision . `` I do n't believe in it AT ALL . Miss Stacy never whipped any of us and she had perfect order ; and Mr. Phillips was always whipping and he had no order at all . No , if I ca n't get along without whipping I shall not try to teach school . There are better ways of managing . I shall try to win my pupils ' affections and then they will WANT to do what I tell them . '' `` But suppose they do n't ? '' said practical Jane . `` I would n't whip them anyhow . I 'm sure it would n't do any good . Oh , do n't whip your pupils , Jane dear , no matter what they do . '' `` What do you think about it , Gilbert ? '' demanded Jane . `` Do n't you think there are some children who really need a whipping now and then ? '' `` Do n't you think it 's a cruel , barbarous thing to whip a child ... ANY child ? '' exclaimed Anne , her face flushing with earnestness .
`` Well , '' said Gilbert slowly , torn between his real convictions and his wish to measure up XXXXX Anne 's ideal , `` there 's something to be said on both sides .
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