Word: buoyantly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Stevenson's St. Ives (Scribner) is a most entertaining story of adventure, not as stirring, perhaps, as Treasure Island and some others, yet with enough mishaps and narrow escapes to keep up the interest throughout. The style is that of the hero (who tells his own story) buoyant, sparkling, familiar...
...died in 1888 at the young age of 33, his constitution ruined by over-work and by the disease, which would have made his whole life a tragedy but for his own buoyant nature...
...namely, adaptability. If a man here at Harvard, for instance, lives his life like a rational being; if he learns something from books but more from men; if he disciplines himself to the proper degree and, on the other hand, gives himself sufficient amusement to cultivate the light, buoyant side of his nature, he cannot but come out with the ability to meet men well, to think and to talk clearly, in short, to 'fit in' to any set of conditions-the quality of adaptability...
...principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen is treading upon dangerous ground, the old cry of pitch and defilement, of forbidden subject, gives expression to that fear of unpleasant truth, that effeminate shrinking from all that is dark and evil which is characteristic of buoyant optimism...
...broader way, to recollect the world and to think of society. But do not misunderstand the meaning of the words "public success." Again it is the University which points out to you the difference between quality and quantity of approval; which tells you to have a calm confidence and buoyant enthusiasm and to do your duty for duty's sake. Remember that some of our noblest spirits are not those whose names are on every tongue, but those who have faithfully gone through life's work and passed into eternal life as "a living stone in that living temple...