Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily LivingRichard Whelan Harmony/Rodale, 1991 M11 5 - 208 pages A finely honed abridgement of Emerson's principal essays with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers. |
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Page 49
... exists . The goods of fortune may come and go like summer leaves ; let him scatter them on every wind as the mo- mentary signs of his infinite productiveness . A MAN'S GENIUS , the quality that differences him from 49.
... exists . The goods of fortune may come and go like summer leaves ; let him scatter them on every wind as the mo- mentary signs of his infinite productiveness . A MAN'S GENIUS , the quality that differences him from 49.
Page 103
... exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society , or mode of action in history , to which there is not something corresponding in his life . We are always coming up with the emphatic facts of history in our ...
... exists for the education of each man . There is no age or state of society , or mode of action in history , to which there is not something corresponding in his life . We are always coming up with the emphatic facts of history in our ...
Page 185
... exists in the population which permits it . The law is only a memorandum . We are superstitious , and esteem the statute as something [ in itself ] : so much life as it has in the character of living men , is its force . THE THEORY OF ...
... exists in the population which permits it . The law is only a memorandum . We are superstitious , and esteem the statute as something [ in itself ] : so much life as it has in the character of living men , is its force . THE THEORY OF ...
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