In spirit, perhaps, but etymologically, no. More precisely, oligarchy. Tyranny is what we...
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William Hundert:
[teaching]
And with the monarchy's demise, two new systems of government - the first, ruled by the few, known as? Mr. Brewster. Robert Brewster:
Uh, tyranny? William Hundert:
In spirit, perhaps, but etymologically, no. More precisely, oligarchy. Tyranny is what we have in this classroom. It works. [laughter]
[teaching]
And with the monarchy's demise, two new systems of government - the first, ruled by the few, known as? Mr. Brewster. Robert Brewster:
Uh, tyranny? William Hundert:
In spirit, perhaps, but etymologically, no. More precisely, oligarchy. Tyranny is what we have in this classroom. It works. [laughter]
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Hundert And with the monarchy's demise two new systems
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of government the first ruled by the few known as
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Mr Brewster Uh tyranny
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In spirit perhaps but etymologically no
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More precisely oligarchy
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Tyranny is what we have in this classroom It works Laughing
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Movie Summary
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
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William Hundert
Robert Brewster
