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
... secrets to a carpen- ter , and he shall be never the wiser - the secrets he would not utter to a chemist for an estate . God screens us evermore from premature ideas . Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the ...
... secrets to a carpen- ter , and he shall be never the wiser - the secrets he would not utter to a chemist for an estate . God screens us evermore from premature ideas . Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the ...
Page 130
... secret impulse of an individual's character . Now to no other man can its wisdom appear as it does to him , for every man must be supposed to see a little farther on his own proper path than any one else . Therefore , just and wise men ...
... secret impulse of an individual's character . Now to no other man can its wisdom appear as it does to him , for every man must be supposed to see a little farther on his own proper path than any one else . Therefore , just and wise men ...
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... secret , concerning which no sane man can affect an indifference or incu- riosity . Nature is loved by what is best ... secrets of nature : Motion and Rest . The whole code of her laws may be Nature.
... secret , concerning which no sane man can affect an indifference or incu- riosity . Nature is loved by what is best ... secrets of nature : Motion and Rest . The whole code of her laws may be Nature.
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