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\u201cYou Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.\u201d \u2014 Randall Jarrell, \u201cPictures from an Institution\u201a\u201d a 1954 novel.<\/p>\n

\"George
George Will \/\nWashington Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In April 1917, Vladimir Lenin arrived by train in Russia, at Petrograd\u2019s Finland Station. Hence the title of Edmund Wilson\u2019s 1940 history of socialist thought: \u201cTo the Finland Station.\u201d Noam Scheiber\u2019s chronicle of young college graduates aspiring to overthrow sadness and capitalism should have been titled \u201cTo Buffalo\u2019s Elmwood Avenue Starbucks.\u201d There the fuse was lit that led to \u2026 a book.<\/p>\n

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2019Tis commencement season. Edward Elgar\u2019s \u201cPomp and Circumstance\u201d wafts over many college graduates commencing a long journey into disappointment. 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