Ans: He remembers these men and the warmth their joy once brought to him when he was a boy. The significance of this memory is that Scrooge is reminded that he once enjoyed the approaching of the holiday. Scrooge sees himself as a young man sitting alone in the boarding school.
It takes courage to achieve something because you have to start it in the first place.
What if you had to jump off a diving board from a high level to win a bet? Or maybe sing or give a speech in front of a huge crowd if you were afraid of speaking in public? Getting good grades, graduating, asking a crush out.
All of these things are possible to accomplish, yet you need courage to achieve them because it’s scary to start if you’re afraid you might fail. You need courage to achieve them because of how hard it may get in the process.
Well when I read it I thought his attitude would be accepting and admiring of the past but although he reads books about Shakespeare and such he disagrees with the concept of passion. He stated that the people now are better off without passion. I would say his attitude is understanding and interested in the past