The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 9
... better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till The power which ...
... better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till The power which ...
Page 15
... better secur- ing of his bread to each share - holder , to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater . The virtue in most re- quest is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names ...
... better secur- ing of his bread to each share - holder , to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater . The virtue in most re- quest is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names ...
Page 18
... the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
... the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
Page 21
... and meanness . It is the harder , because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to 21.
... and meanness . It is the harder , because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to 21.
Page 43
... better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence then this worship of the past ? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and majesty ...
... better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the parent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence then this worship of the past ? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and majesty ...
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