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Reliance Men do what is called a good action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non - appearance on parade . Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in ...
Reliance Men do what is called a good action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non - appearance on parade . Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in ...
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primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself Selfit makes no difference whether I do Reliance or forbear those actions which are reckoned excellent .
primary evidence that you are a man , and refuse this appeal from the man to his actions . I know that for myself Selfit makes no difference whether I do Reliance or forbear those actions which are reckoned excellent .
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Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment de la Fear never but you shall be consistent in whatever variety of actions , so they be each ...
Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment de la Fear never but you shall be consistent in whatever variety of actions , so they be each ...
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straightens itself to the average tendency se Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your Selfother genuine actions . Your conform - Reliance ity explains nothing . Act singly , and what you have already done singly ...
straightens itself to the average tendency se Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your Selfother genuine actions . Your conform - Reliance ity explains nothing . Act singly , and what you have already done singly ...
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When private men shall act with vast views , the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen . The world has indeed been instruct . ed by its kings , who have so magnetized the eyes of nations .
When private men shall act with vast views , the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen . The world has indeed been instruct . ed by its kings , who have so magnetized the eyes of nations .
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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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