Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his journal:
My brave Henry here who is content to live now, and feels no shame in not studying any profession, for he does not postpone his life but lives already,—pours contempt on these crybabies of routine & Boston. He has not one chance but a hundred chances. Now let a stern preacher arise who shall reveal the resources of Man, & tell men they are not leaning willows . . .
(Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 7:201-202)
