Quote
"Man is a make believe animal—he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"In that vast march, the van forgets the rear; the individual is lost; and yet the multitude is many individuals. He faints and falls and dies; man is forgotten; but still mankind move on, still worlds revolve, and the will of God is done in earth and heaven."

A man is a male adult human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy.
"Man is a make believe animal—he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"Where soil is, men grow, Whether to weeds or flowers."
"Man has come by his great gifts not by any effort of his own, but... has fallen heir to a fortune for which he has never laboured."
"Virtuous and vicious every man must be, Few in the extreme, but all in the degree."
"I have thought some of Natures journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably."
"Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear."