True Manliness
By Thomas Hughes
3 Dec, 2019
"Manliness and manfulness" are synonymous, but they embrace more than we ordinarily mean by the word "courage;" for instance, tenderness and thoughtfulness for others. They include that courage which lies at the root of all manliness but is, in fact,
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"Manliness and manfulness" are synonymous, but they embrace more than we ordinarily mean by the word "courage;" for instance, tenderness and thoughtfulness for others. They include that courage which lies at the root of all manliness but is, in fact, only its lowest or rudest form. Indeed, we must admit that it is not exclusively a human quality at all, but one which we share with other animals, and which some of them-for instance the bulldog and weasel-exhibit with a certainty and a thoroughness, which is very rare amongst mankind. Less