Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881
Birthday: December 4
Death: February 5
A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow creature, that makes him stammer.
source: Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 17 November (1843)
topic: Men, Anxiety, Excess, Stammering, Social Anxiety