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 86
... minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? The soul created the arts wherever they have flourished . It was in his own mind that the artist sought his ...
... minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? The soul created the arts wherever they have flourished . It was in his own mind that the artist sought his ...
Page 100
... mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Man is explicable by nothing less than all his his- tory . Without hurry , without rest , the ...
... mind is a party to all that is or can be done , for this is the only and sovereign agent . Of the works of this mind history is the record . Man is explicable by nothing less than all his his- tory . Without hurry , without rest , the ...
Page 101
... MIND WROTE HISTORY , and this must read it . If the whole of history is in one man , it is all to be explained from individual experience . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist ...
... MIND WROTE HISTORY , and this must read it . If the whole of history is in one man , it is all to be explained from individual experience . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist ...
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