 The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature.  Complete Works - Page 50by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries. Bashful or bold, then, he will know how to make us seniors...healthy attitude of human nature. A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on... | |
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...you may awake to the fact that you have an intellect, an awakening that is of immense significance: "A boy is in the parlor what the pit is in the playhouse ; independent, irresponsible." "See what strong intellects dare not yet hear God Himself unless He speak the phraseology of I know... | |
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