A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by, he tries and sentences them on their merits, in the swift summary way of boys, as good, bad, interesting,... The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series - Page 48 by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 Full view -
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