Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necess — John Knowles, A Separate Peace
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Phineas didn't really dislike West Point in particular or authority in general, but just considered authority the necessary evil against which happiness was achieved by reaction, the backboard which returned all the insults he threw at it.

— John Knowles, A Separate Peace
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