The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 17
... that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news of the Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 17.
... that pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news of the Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , " Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 17.
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 25
... the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , -dis- guise no god , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than 25.
... the sour faces of the multitude , like their sweet faces , have no deep cause , -dis- guise no god , but are put on and off as the wind blows , and a newspaper directs Yet is the discontent of the multitude more formidable than 25.
Page 34
... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to ac- complish his thought ; and posterity seem to follow his steps as a proces- sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em ...
... cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to ac- complish his thought ; and posterity seem to follow his steps as a proces- sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em ...
Page 39
... their life and being also proceedeth . We first share the life by which things exist , and after- wards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
... their life and being also proceedeth . We first share the life by which things exist , and after- wards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
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