“The major break in the understanding of manliness is not between, say, the nineteenth century and any particular preceding era but between my generation of Baby Boomers and the entire proceeding complex of teachings. In some ways, TR and Churchill have more in common with Homer and Shakespeare than they do with us.” MenWayUnderstandingCommonBreakGenerationsTeachingCenturyParticularBabyMajorsComplexesErasManhoodMy GenerationNineteenth CenturyProceedingManlinessBoomersBaby Boomer Author:Waller R Newell
“Men have discovered their distinctive virtues and vices through grappling with the perennial dilemmas and demands of love, courage, pride, family, and country-the five paths whose proper ordering gives us the key to the secret of happiness for a man.” MenGivingCountrySecretVirtuePathFivePrideKeysDemandVicesManhoodMasculineDilemmaDistinctiveGrapplingCourage To Love Author:Waller R Newell
“We don't need to reinvent manliness. We only need to will ourselves to wake up from the bad dream of the last few generations and reclaim it, in order to extend and enrich that tradition under the formidable demands of the present.” MenNeedsDreamLastsOrderGenerationsDemandTraditionWake UpManhoodFormidableManlinessBad Dream Author:Waller R Newell