The Qualities of Men; An Essay in Appreciation
The Qualities of Men; An Essay in Appreciation
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Yet more characteristically is the contrast aesthetic, a touch of gentility in the one, of vulgar- ity in the other. What separates one from the other is in Professor James's words, which though written with other reference seem peculiarly apt, " less a defect than an excess. " ** To ignore, to disdain, to consider, to overlook, are the essence of the ' gentleman ' ... It is not only that the 'gentleman ignores considerations relative to conduct, sordid suspicions, fears, calculations, etc. , w...hich the vulga- rian is fated to entertain, - it is that he is THE GENTLEMAN 59 silent where the vulgarian talks ; that he gives nothing but results where the vul- garian is profuse of reasons ; that he does not explain or apologize ; that he uses one sentence instead of twenty ; . . . All this suppression of the secondary leaves the field clear, — for higher flights, should they choose to come. But even if they never came, what thoughts there were would still manifest the aristocratic type and wear the well-bred form.
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Yet more characteristically is the contrast aesthetic, a touch of gentility in the one, of vulgar- ity in the other. What separates one from the other is in Professor James's words, which though written with other reference seem peculiarly apt, " less a defect than an excess. " ** To ignore, to disdain, to consider, to overlook, are the essence of the ' gentleman ' ... It is not only that the 'gentleman ignores considerations relative to conduct, sordid suspicions, fears, calculations, etc. , w...hich the vulga- rian is fated to entertain, - it is that he is THE GENTLEMAN 59 silent where the vulgarian talks ; that he gives nothing but results where the vul- garian is profuse of reasons ; that he does not explain or apologize ; that he uses one sentence instead of twenty ; . . . All this suppression of the secondary leaves the field clear, — for higher flights, should they choose to come. But even if they never came, what thoughts there were would still manifest the aristocratic type and wear the well-bred form.
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