 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 B. Kidd - 268 pages
...Waldo Emerson, who in his famous essay "Self-Reliance" (1841) recruits carefree boys as American men: The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ought to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature. A boy is in the parlor what the pit... | |
 | David Castronovo - 2004 - 216 pages
...as a model. Emerson's "nonchalance of boys" disdains, refuses to conciliate, calculate consequences. "A boy is in the parlor what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible. . . ." Infants also impress Emerson with their force and freedom from divided purpose. They have no... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...rolls out these words like bell-strokes. It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries. Bashful or bold then, he will know how to make us seniors...conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society; independent, irresponsible, looking out from Ms comer on such people... | |
 | Jim Cullen - 2005 - 292 pages
...been. TOM JO AI)'S CHI I, I) RKX The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a d1nner, and would d1sda1n as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature. RALPH WALDO EME RSON , "Self- Reliance" I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry and they... | |
 | Bryan Caplan - 2008 - 293 pages
...Emerson does in his essay "Self-Reliance." He paints truth-seeking as not merely responsible, but heroic: The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner,...conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature. How is a boy the master of society; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1900 - 700 pages
...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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