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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What does "timidity of the appetite" mean here?
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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of
ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a body of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We
grow old by deserting our ideals.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of
ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a body of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We
grow old by deserting our ideals.
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It is not punctuated correctly, and demonstrates the importance of punctuation in English!
Youth means a temperamental predominance of (courage over timidity,) of (the appetite for adventure) over (the love of ease).
I added the parentheses for clarity. They don't belong in the text.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of (courage over timidity,) of (the appetite for adventure) over (the love of ease).
I added the parentheses for clarity. They don't belong in the text.
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