The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 51
... abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of men . We must go alone . Isolation must precede true society . I like the silent church before the service begins , better than any preaching How far off , how cool , how chaste the persons ...
... abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of men . We must go alone . Isolation must precede true society . I like the silent church before the service begins , better than any preaching How far off , how cool , how chaste the persons ...
Page 61
... abroad and Reliance asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any ...
... abroad and Reliance asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any ...
Page 67
... abroad from himself , and shall make men sensible by the ex- pression of his countenance , that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an inter- loper or a valet . I have ...
... abroad from himself , and shall make men sensible by the ex- pression of his countenance , that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue , and visits cities and men like a sovereign , and not like an inter- loper or a valet . I have ...
Page 68
... abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . 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 . In Thebes , in Palmyra ...
... abroad with the hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . 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 . In Thebes , in Palmyra ...
Page 73
... abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume them- Self- selves on the improvement of society , Reliance and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . Its progress is ...
... abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume them- Self- selves on the improvement of society , Reliance and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . Its progress is ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young