And their time is far too brief to be expended
On such nonsense as their “rude forefathers” read;
For they know the days of sentiment are ended,
And that Chivalry is dead!
Oh remember that the pillars of the nation
Are the children that we discipline to-day;
That to give them a becoming education
You must rear them in a reasonable way!
Let us guard them from the glamour of the mystics,
Who would throw a ray of sunshine on their lives!