The Role of Moralist of Robert Lynd
Although Lynd is not a pure moralist, he plays a good role of moralist in his essays. A point of view, which is sometimes serious, pervades all through his light essays. His essays are full of wise observations, sound experiences, and crisp generalizations. His essay on "Sweets" expresses his observation of a child's large-hearted love for all sweets. In "The New Cat" he ironically describes the obsession of persons for the cat, so that they converse with the animal and neglect the guest.
In his essay "Forgetting" he expresses his wise observation that it is only a methodical person who never forgets. He tells us that those who have their imagination and their heads among the stars can never remember prosaic things expresses a vital truth when he says: "Who would have trusted Socrates or Coleridge to post a letter?" Не humorously throws light on human nature in the following words: "As for myself, anyone who asks me to post a letter is a poor judge of character."
He surprises us with a paradox when he expresses a matter of vital significance. He expreses his life experience that a man can enjoy himself fully only in work, and faces the strain and boredom of holidays.
He ironically, even satirically, exposes in "I Tremble to Think" those persons who claim that they tremble to think. The essayist asserts that the persons who declare that they tremble to think are persons who neither tremble nor think.
