near-collegian's

Updated: May 20, 2025

His was the assured, resourceful bearing of the man of action, whose hands have kept his head, contrasting sharply with the Miner's heavy and tentative slowness, the awkward self-consciousness of the Easy One, the Objector's furtive and apprehensive manner, or the Near-Collegian's languid affectation of dilettantism. "Be a sport!" He threw out a hand, his confident voice ringing with decision.

Eugene Manlove Rhodes - The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On