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... symbol the mutual reverence that is due from man to man . ful loyalty with which men have everywhere sufThe joywalk among them by a law of his own , make fered the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to SELF - RELIANCE . 63.
... symbol the mutual reverence that is due from man to man . ful loyalty with which men have everywhere sufThe joywalk among them by a law of his own , make fered the king , the noble , or the great proprietor to SELF - RELIANCE . 63.
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If you are noble , I will love you ; if you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own .
If you are noble , I will love you ; if you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , but not in the same truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own .
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Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life , obey thy heart and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education ,, our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on ...
Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life , obey thy heart and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education ,, our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on ...
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The terror of cloudless noon , the emerald of Polycrates , the awe of prosperity , the instinct which leads every generous soul to impose on itself tasks of a noble asceticism and vicarious virtue , are the tremblings of the balance of ...
The terror of cloudless noon , the emerald of Polycrates , the awe of prosperity , the instinct which leads every generous soul to impose on itself tasks of a noble asceticism and vicarious virtue , are the tremblings of the balance of ...
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People represent virtue as a struggle , and take to themselves great airs upon their attainments , and the question is everywhere vexed when a noble nature is commended , whether the man is not better who strives with temptation .
People represent virtue as a struggle , and take to themselves great airs upon their attainments , and the question is everywhere vexed when a noble nature is commended , whether the man is not better who strives with temptation .
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| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | John B. Alden, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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