Project Gutenberg 2006-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 291 Strunsky, Simeon 1879 1948 The Patient Observer and His Friends 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.) Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Essays PS Text Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 351063 2025-08-08T08:57:16.972636 text/html 356406 2006-09-22T17:49:08 text/html 240567 2025-08-08T08:57:24.907630 application/epub+zip 240832 2025-08-08T08:57:20.234646 application/epub+zip 211327 2025-08-08T08:57:18.976647 application/epub+zip 443330 2025-08-08T08:57:28.795629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399237 2025-08-08T08:57:24.009637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366448 2022-09-09T09:03:19.110431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315338 2025-08-08T08:57:16.426674 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315059 2006-09-22T17:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315081 2006-09-22T17:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20638 2025-08-08T08:57:28.926613 application/rdf+xml 16676 2025-08-08T08:57:19.492631 image/jpeg 3807 2025-08-08T08:57:19.235630 image/jpeg 127848 2006-09-22T17:41:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 144008 2006-09-22T17:49:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 127796 2006-09-22T17:41:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 226360 2025-08-08T08:57:17.004634 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia