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" It is only as a man puts off all foreign support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless mutation, thou only firm... "
The United States Magazine and Democratic Review - Page 28
1844
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...mutation, thou only firm column must presently appear gain anything in acquiring property ? in inheriting it ? If we make a government, is it want of self-reliance...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...him to be strong and^ JfeJJjeyail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...thee. He who knows that power is in the soul, that he~fcrwe!3"k only because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving, throws...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless mutation, thou only firm column must appear the upholder of all that surroiuids thee. He who knows that power is in the soul, that he is...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 15

1844 - 638 pages
...see him to be strong nnd to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and, in the endless...presently appear the upholder of all that surrounds tbce. He who knows that power is in the son], that he is weak only because he has looked for good out...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...all that surrounds thee. He who knows that power is inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving,...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...only because he has looked for good out of him and a elsewhere, and so perceiving, throws himself unhesitatingly on his thought, instantly rights himself,...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...all that surrounds thee. He who knows that power is inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving,...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless mutation, thou only fiwn column must presently appear the upholder of all ihat surrounds thee. He who knows that power...
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Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...all that surrounds thee. He who knows that power is inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving,...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...see him to be strong and to prevail. He is weaker by every recruit to his banner. Is not a man better than a town ? Ask nothing of men, and in the endless...all that surrounds thee. He who knows that power is inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving,...
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