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 in | Alaska at 50 p. 171 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Alaska Press
15.03.2010
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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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 |
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| ISBN: | 1602230617 9781602230613 |