Frederick Jones. I spent two summers working with this man on the Linville

River for the Kawana fishing club. In ÒSelf RelianceÓ Emerson writes ÒYour

genuine action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions.

Your conformity explains nothingÓ. This is clearly a call for individuality in

men. Though Frederick has probably never read or even heard of Ralph Waldo

Emerson, his way of life is very much in line with what Emerson claims will be

Frederick is very much a mystery to the people of Linville, and except

for those who know him best, he is not very well liked. He quit school after

the eight grade, yet he is one of the most intelligent people I have ever

known. Like Emerson, Frederick believes that all he needs to know and

understand is with in himself. He claims to have no regret for quitting

school. His argument is that once he learned to read and write, what he did

with those skills should be at his discretion. Frederick is a wealthy man, but

very few people know to what extent. His beat up Ford truck and old work

cloths suggest nothing more that a simple working man. In fac

law can be sacred to me but that of my natureÓ(552) is exactly the way

masses. In his defense, Frederick is genuine. He is a man that can be taken at

In the time that I spent with him I never heard him do or say anything

This goes right along with the Emerson's belief that ÒIt is only as a man puts

painful than a lie, but life is to short for liesÓ. Most would agree that tact

I hate-bull *censored*Ó. Frederick is a man who depends on no one, and expects

When I think of Frederick Jones, I think of a man with a great deal of self

regardless of outside opinion. Because of the life he has made for himself, he

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