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 51
... follow . Show us an arc of the curve , and a good mathematician will find out the whole figure . We are always reasoning from the seen to the un- seen . Hence the perfect intelligence that subsists be- tween wise men of remote ages . A ...
... follow . Show us an arc of the curve , and a good mathematician will find out the whole figure . We are always reasoning from the seen to the un- seen . Hence the perfect intelligence that subsists be- tween wise men of remote ages . A ...
Page 93
... follow late after the of- fence , but they follow because they accompany it . Crime and punishment grow out of one stem . Punish- ment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it . Cause and ...
... follow late after the of- fence , but they follow because they accompany it . Crime and punishment grow out of one stem . Punish- ment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it . Cause and ...
Page 187
... follow persons ; that the high- est end of government is the culture of men : and if men can be educated , the institutions will share their im- provement , and the moral sentiment will write the law of the land . If it be not easy to ...
... follow persons ; that the high- est end of government is the culture of men : and if men can be educated , the institutions will share their im- provement , and the moral sentiment will write the law of the land . If it be not easy to ...
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