One
of the most painful things in the Western States and Territories
is the extinction of childhood. I have never seen any children,
only debased imitations of men and women, cankered by greed
and selfishness, and asserting and gaining complete independence
of their parents at ten years old. The atmostphere in which
they are brought up is one of greed, godlessness, and frequently
profanity.
Source:
Elliot West, Growing Up with the Country, 147
