In the world of betwixt and between nothing is ever so firmly fixed that it may not desert its proper post in space and time. From the far side of manhood, where the way opens into boyhood again, Barrie evolved ideas of considerable psychological value. General constructions, such as the lost middle act of life, the surrogate self, and the unlikely second chance, counsel courage to control the innate enemy, human frailty. Courage is “the lovely virtue.” The entrancing life has self-mastery for its goal. “Go out and fight,” he argues.
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