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... will beam over the universe as on the first morning . 2. It is for want of self - culture that the idol of Traveling , the idol of Italy , of England , of Egypt , remains for all educated Americans se They who made England , 66.
... will beam over the universe as on the first morning . 2. It is for want of self - culture that the idol of Traveling , the idol of Italy , of England , of Egypt , remains for all educated Americans se They who made England , 66.
Page 68
He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , grows old even in youth among old things . ... He carries ruins to ruins se je Traveling is a fool's paradise .
He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , grows old even in youth among old things . ... He carries ruins to ruins se je Traveling is a fool's paradise .
Page 69
But the rage of traveling is itself only a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and the universal system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our ...
But the rage of traveling is itself only a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and the universal system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our ...
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| Title | The Essay on Self-reliance |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | The Roycrofters, 1908 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 8 Dec 2015 |
| Length | 82 pages |
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