What book is Rosemary reading to her class at the beginning of "Rushmore"?

Search: "the lad with the silver button"

Why: I've seen this movie 700 times. We only hear her say:

I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

Chapter 15: The Lad with the Silver Button

Answer: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Classic Reader

The More You Know: The full title of the book is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away, his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; his Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he Suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson. That is also most of the plot.