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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... looks like a multiplication table or a mathematical equation , which , turn it how you will , balances itself ... look around us at a world in which corruption and violence often seem to have the hand . upper Things seem to tend ...
... looks like a multiplication table or a mathematical equation , which , turn it how you will , balances itself ... look around us at a world in which corruption and violence often seem to have the hand . upper Things seem to tend ...
Page 136
... looks permanent until its secret is known . THE KEY TO EVERY MAN is his thought . Sturdy and defying though he look , he has a helm which he obeys , which is the idea after which all his facts are classified . He can only be reformed by ...
... looks permanent until its secret is known . THE KEY TO EVERY MAN is his thought . Sturdy and defying though he look , he has a helm which he obeys , which is the idea after which all his facts are classified . He can only be reformed by ...
Page 137
... look crass and material , threatening to degrade thy theory of spirit ? Resist it not ; it goes to refine and raise thy theory of matter just as much . OUR MOODS DO NOT BELIEVE in each other . Today I am full of thoughts and can write ...
... look crass and material , threatening to degrade thy theory of spirit ? Resist it not ; it goes to refine and raise thy theory of matter just as much . OUR MOODS DO NOT BELIEVE in each other . Today I am full of thoughts and can write ...
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