The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens , I have difficulty ...
... character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens , I have difficulty ...
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... Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they com- municate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment I Fear never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever ...
... Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they com- municate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment I Fear never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever ...
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... 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 ? The consciousness of a train of great days and ...
... 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 ? The consciousness of a train of great days and ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. minds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , real- Self- ity , reminds you of nothing else . It Reliance takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. minds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , real- Self- ity , reminds you of nothing else . It Reliance takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all ...
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... character they chance to see , painfully recol- lecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they under- stand them , and are willing to let the ...
... character they chance to see , painfully recol- lecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they under- stand them , and are willing to let the ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young