. Smith College Monthly . Perhaps one of the most immature ofcomments vouchsafed in answer to re-quest for criticism is the comfortable,Rather young, dont you think? Itis a convenient and rather intellectualobservation, indeed, to be heard making,for it puts us above childish things, andimplies that we have passed through andbeyond that stage (we do not botherabout what stage). At any rate, it stim-mulates others to consider the questionof where this young quality of imma-turity grows; it frequently inspires apessimist and an optimist to withdrawfrom silent battle to harmless opti
. Smith College Monthly . Perhaps one of the most immature ofcomments vouchsafed in answer to re-quest for criticism is the comfortable,Rather young, dont you think? Itis a convenient and rather intellectualobservation, indeed, to be heard making,for it puts us above childish things, andimplies that we have passed through andbeyond that stage (we do not botherabout what stage). At any rate, it stim-mulates others to consider the questionof where this young quality of imma-turity grows; it frequently inspires apessimist and an optimist to withdrawfrom silent battle to harmless optimist declares that immaturitygrows where young people attempt towrite about things of which they haveno knowledge; the pessimist, however,insists that it is present chiefly whenthey write merely about what theyknow. The question is fairly stimulat-ing. Fortunately it can never be set-tled, owing to the fact that it is singu-larly difficult to ascertain in the firstplace whether the young writer is writ-ing about what he k
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