The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 31
... appear- ances , and you always may The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ...
... appear- ances , and you always may The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ...
Page 38
... without parallax , with- out calculable elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into triv- ial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
... without parallax , with- out calculable elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into triv- ial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
Page 42
... as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles dis- appear This is and must be . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , 42.
... as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles dis- appear This is and must be . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , 42.
Page 60
... appear ; that a Reliance man is the word made flesh , born to shed healing to the nations , that he should be ashamed of our compas- sion , and that the moment he acts from himself , tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs ...
... appear ; that a Reliance man is the word made flesh , born to shed healing to the nations , that he should be ashamed of our compas- sion , and that the moment he acts from himself , tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs ...
Page 81
... appear the upholder of all that surrounds thee . He who knows that power is in the soul , that he is weak only because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere , and so perceiving , throws himself unhesitatingly on his thought ...
... appear the upholder of all that surrounds thee . He who knows that power is in the soul , that he is weak only because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere , and so perceiving , throws himself unhesitatingly on his thought ...
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