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 12
... give lecture series in New York , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , Newark , Baltimore , Hartford , and Providence , as well as in the Boston area . Out of these lectures would come Essays : Second Series , pub- lished in October 1844. That ...
... give lecture series in New York , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , Newark , Baltimore , Hartford , and Providence , as well as in the Boston area . Out of these lectures would come Essays : Second Series , pub- lished in October 1844. That ...
Page 155
... gives us leave to be great and universal . Every man's progress is through a succes- sion of teachers , each of whom ... give . Exhaust them , wrestle with them , let them not go until their blessing be won ; and after a short season the ...
... gives us leave to be great and universal . Every man's progress is through a succes- sion of teachers , each of whom ... give . Exhaust them , wrestle with them , let them not go until their blessing be won ; and after a short season the ...
Page 164
... give us a sense of mass . Society is frivolous , and shreds its day into scraps , its conversa- tion into ceremonies and escapes . But if I go to see an ingenious man , I shall think myself poorly entertained if he give me nimble pieces ...
... give us a sense of mass . Society is frivolous , and shreds its day into scraps , its conversa- tion into ceremonies and escapes . But if I go to see an ingenious man , I shall think myself poorly entertained if he give me nimble pieces ...
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