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Page 26
... it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment you go The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes ...
... it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment you go The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes ...
Page 27
... yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
... yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesSelf- men and philosophers and divines . Reliance With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do so He may as well concern himself with his shadow ...
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesSelf- men and philosophers and divines . Reliance With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do so He may as well concern himself with his shadow ...
Page 32
... self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person der I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward .
... self - derived , and therefore of an old immaculate pedigree , even if shown in a young person der I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward .
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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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