During the month when I was without internet, I started reading Kindle books. I hasten to add that this was not my Kindle. It was a gift to my son when he was a young teenager from his father. To provide a beneficial reading diet, I downloaded free books of the classic sort (ones you would find on Charles Eliot’s Five-Foot Shelf). As is often the case when family members upgrade, I became the recipient of the outdated technology.
“The man who is in earnest about acquiring poise must be on his guard against betraying himself under the magnetism of someone else’s gaze". This is an interesting concept, since it deals with the human desire to be "attractive" and well liked by others. Starke would have us withhold any revelation of our true selves, maintaining instead our outer worldly personas. Current self-help books would no-doubt take issue, suggesting instead that we "let it all hang out" and "be true to ourselves". Ha! All great insights into human social interaction!
“The man who is in earnest about acquiring poise must be on his guard against betraying himself under the magnetism of someone else’s gaze". This is an interesting concept, since it deals with the human desire to be "attractive" and well liked by others. Starke would have us withhold any revelation of our true selves, maintaining instead our outer worldly personas. Current self-help books would no-doubt take issue, suggesting instead that we "let it all hang out" and "be true to ourselves". Ha! All great insights into human social interaction!
After reading that I'm ready to take on the world.
I can now cross the street and puff my chest out as well as boast about how awesome I am :)
My kindle is my most prized possession. I treated myself to the newest and the best.
I have almost completed the entire works of HP Lovecraft.
Completed Poe and Clark Ashton Smith and R. E Howard.
Stuff 100 years old or so Is VERY cheap to download on Amazon :)