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 101
... experience . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his ...
... experience . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Each new fact in his private experience flashes a light on what great bodies of men have done , and the crises of his ...
Page 157
... Ghost - like we glide through nature , and should not know our place again . Did our birth fall in some fit of indigence and frugality in nature , that she was so sparing of her fire and so liberal of her earth , that it appears Experience.
... Ghost - like we glide through nature , and should not know our place again . Did our birth fall in some fit of indigence and frugality in nature , that she was so sparing of her fire and so liberal of her earth , that it appears Experience.
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... experience , everything good is on the highway . TO FINISH THE MOMENT , to find the journey's end Experience.
... experience , everything good is on the highway . TO FINISH THE MOMENT , to find the journey's end Experience.
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