Summary of Kay Redfield Jamison's Exuberance

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#1 Exuberance is an abounding, ebullient, and effervescent emotion. It is not happiness, but it is a more restless and billowing state. It is not a quiet sense of contentment, but rather exuberance that leaps, bubbles, and overflows.

#2 Exuberance, the more energetic form of joy, is essential to our existence. It is a material part of our pursuits, and it is a vibrant force to signal victory, proclaim a time to quicken, to draw together, and to exult.

#3 Exuberance is a wonderful thing, but it can also be calamitous. It is a defining quality of great teachers, statesmen, and adventurers. Used properly, it can bring about change and hope.

#4 Roosevelt’s life in politics was abruptly broken when his wife and mother died in 1884. He threw himself into reform work, and became a gale force in Washington.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822504929

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Exuberance is an abounding, ebullient, and effervescent emotion. It is not happiness, but it is a more restless and billowing state. It is not a quiet sense of contentment, but rather exuberance that leaps, bubbles, and overflows.

#2

Exuberance, the more energetic form of joy, is essential to our existence. It is a material part of our pursuits, and it is a vibrant force to signal victory, proclaim a time to quicken, to draw together, and to exult.

#3

Exuberance is a wonderful thing, but it can also be calamitous. It is a defining quality of great teachers, statesmen, and adventurers. Used properly, it can bring about change and hope.

#4

Roosevelt’s life in politics was abruptly broken when his wife and mother died in 1884. He threw himself into reform work, and became a gale force in Washington.

#5

Roosevelt was president from 1901 to 1909. He was extremely energetic, and his enthusiasm was infectious. He used his magnetic force to reform the American government and conserve the American wilderness.

#6

Roosevelt was passionate about saving the wilderness, and he was successful in doing so. He doubled the number of national parks, created 150 national forests, and added nearly 150 million acres of timber to the government reserves.

#7

John Muir was a man who loved the outdoors, and he spent the majority of his life exploring and studying it. He was a man who had a passion for wild places, and he would always exude enthusiasm.

#8

Muir’s relationship with nature was one of exuberance. He felt himself being swept onward by a current that bore on irresistibly, and he felt himself to be doomed to be ‘carried of the spirit into the wilderness.

#9

John Muir was a prophet who understood and loved nature, and he tried to make others understand and love nature as well. He was a great influence on the preservation of the American wilderness.

#10

Muir’s infectious enthusiasm for nature and the outdoors helped bring the world’s attention to the spectacular Sierra Nevada and its great stands of sequoias. He wrote books about these topics, and they were popularized by President Theodore Roosevelt, who met with Muir in Yosemite.

#11

John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt were both exuberant men, and they left the country a wilder and more beautiful place because of their vision and action. They were able to feel and see what was essential in the lands, and they could not get that elsewhere.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The abundance of nature is most evident in the diversity of species, which is staggering. The diversity of species is