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Page 24
... and acquire by degrees the gentlest asinine expression solo There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general history ; I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile ...
... and acquire by degrees the gentlest asinine expression solo There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general history ; I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile ...
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Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil and a bill of exchange in his pocket , and the naked New Zealander , whose ...
Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil and a bill of exchange in his pocket , and the naked New Zealander , whose ...
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But that which a man is , does always by necessity acquire , and what the man acquires is permanent and living property , which does not wait the beck of rulers , or mobs , or revolutions , or fire , or storm , or bankruptcies ...
But that which a man is , does always by necessity acquire , and what the man acquires is permanent and living property , which does not wait the beck of rulers , or mobs , or revolutions , or fire , or storm , or bankruptcies ...
Page 81
Most men gamble with her , and gain all , and lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Ef . fect , the chancellors of God . In the Will , work and acquire , and thou hast ...
Most men gamble with her , and gain all , and lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Ef . fect , the chancellors of God . In the Will , work and acquire , and thou hast ...
Page 82
Will , work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , Self- and shalt always drag her after thee . Reliance Q A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick , or the return of your absent friend ...
Will , work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , Self- and shalt always drag her after thee . Reliance Q A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick , or the return of your absent friend ...
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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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