Alaska’s Generational Passage

The generation after great parents often grows in shadows. Not only do the children suffer from comparison, but, worse, too many formative challenges are smoothed over by the gifts of their predecessors, leaving the spirit for achievement weak and uncertain. Trust fund dependents and heirs to illust...

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Published inAlaska at 50 p. 171
Main Author Charles Wohlforth
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Alaska Press 15.03.2010
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Summary:The generation after great parents often grows in shadows. Not only do the children suffer from comparison, but, worse, too many formative challenges are smoothed over by the gifts of their predecessors, leaving the spirit for achievement weak and uncertain. Trust fund dependents and heirs to illustrious names often possess magnificent self-esteem and magisterial presence—wealth-seeking sycophants assure that—but others take their places in history, the vigorous new risk takers. A forest’s succession of trees produces only one generation of thriving alders before the spruce trees overtake them. As individuals, many people escape this generalization as counter-examples to the
ISBN:1602230617
9781602230613