 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
 | 1988 - 466 pages
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 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1979 - 434 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... | |
 | James Bennett - 1988 - 380 pages
...rolls out those 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 very unnecessary." 16. Quoted in Larsen, Good Fight, p. 48. 17. Lindsey and Evans, Revolt of Modern Youth, pp. 72-73.... | |
 | B. L. Packer - 1982 - 264 pages
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