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If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind ,although it may chance that no one has seen it before me seu For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun goede The relations of the soul ...
If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind ,although it may chance that no one has seen it before me seu For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun goede The relations of the soul ...
Page 45
We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors , and as they grow older , of the men of talents and character they chance to see , painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they ...
We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of grandames and tutors , and as they grow older , of the men of talents and character they chance to see , painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they ...
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He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man , and tell men they are not leaning willows , but can and must detach themselves ; that with the exercise 59.
He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man , and tell men they are not leaning willows , but can and must detach themselves ; that with the exercise 59.
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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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