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" Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident but agent. To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because it works and is. "
Essays: First Series - Page 78
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pages
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 12; Volume 76

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 pages
...the brow of genius, and to call the rabble to trample them in the dust. Here is his recantation — ' Who has more soul than I, masters me, though he should not raise hin linger. Hound him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits. Who has less, I rule with like...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the...than I, masters me, though he should not raise his finger—round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits; who has less, I rule with like facility....
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Hound him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits ; who has less, I rule with like facility. We...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...soul is present, there will be power not confident hut agent. To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies,...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...which relies, because it works and is» Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the...
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Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I, masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Eound him I must revolve by the...
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The rational primer; or, First reader

John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...the governor, the creator, the rea'ity. All thingsreal are so by so much of virtue as they contain. Who has more soul than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger ; who has less, him I rule with ease. If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve bv the...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the...but agent. To talk of reliance is a poor external way»of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience...
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