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 to Anne 's ideal , `` there 's something to be said on both sides . I do n't believe in whipping children MUCH . I think , as you say , Anne , that there are better ways of managing as a rule , and that corporal punishment should be a last resort . But on the other hand , as Jane says , I believe there is an occasional child who ca n't be influenced in any other way and who , in short , needs a whipping and would be improved by it . Corporal punishment as a last resort is to be my rule . '' Gilbert , having tried to please both sides , succeeded , as is usual and eminently right , in pleasing neither . Jane tossed her head . `` I 'll whip my pupils when they 're naughty .
It 's the shortest and easiest way XXXXX convincing them . ''
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