William McFee Quote

There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul.


"On a Balcony", First lines, in The Atlantic Monthly (January 1920), p. 27


There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to...

There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to...

There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to...

There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to...