02802cam a22003133u 4500 19359 UtSlPG 20260610133442.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Strunsky, Simeon, 1879-1948 The Patient Observer and His Friends Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2006-09-22 Cowards -- The church universal -- The doctors -- Interrogation -- The mind triumphant -- On calling white black -- The solid flesh -- Some newspaper traits -- A fledgling -- The complete collector: I -- The everlasting feminine -- The fantastic toe -- On living in Brooklyn -- Palladino outdone -- The cadence of the crowd -- What we forget -- The children that lead us -- The Martians -- The complete collector: II -- When a friend marries -- The perfect union of the arts -- An eminent American -- Behind the times -- Public liars -- The complete collector: III -- The commuter -- Headlines -- Usage -- 60 h. p. -- The sample life -- The complete collector: IV -- Chopin's successsors -- The irrepressible conflict -- The germs of culture. E-text prepared by Stacy Brown and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Patient Observer and His Friends" by Simeon Strunsky is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work comprises a series of reflections and discussions featuring a group of friends, tackling topics such as fear, society, and human nature through humorous and insightful dialogues. The book showcases their differing perspectives on life, marked by varying degrees of cynicism, innocence, and philosophical musings. At the start of the collection, a group of men at dinner humorously debates their fears, contrasting the grand fear of death with more mundane fears associated with everyday life, such as revolving doors and social interaction. Their candid confessions provide a comical yet poignant exploration of human anxiety, revealing how the trivial often dominates one's thoughts despite life’s ultimate uncertainty. Each character's distinct fear – from public embarrassment to tangible dangers – sets the tone for the underlying themes of social exploration and personal reflection that Strunsky will develop throughout the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Essays https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19359 60744 60744