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The virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and customs . ( Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist . He who would gather immortal palms must 15.
The virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and customs . ( Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist . He who would gather immortal palms must 15.
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I will stand here for humanity , and though I would make it kind , I would make it true de Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office ...
I will stand here for humanity , and though I would make it kind , I would make it true de Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office ...
Page 54
I appeal from your customs . I must be myself . I cannot break myself any longer for you , or you . If you can love me for what I am , we shall be happier . If you cannot , I will still to deserve that you should . I must be myself .
I appeal from your customs . I must be myself . I cannot break myself any longer for you , or you . If you can love me for what I am , we shall be happier . If you cannot , I will still to deserve that you should . I must be myself .
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... tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs out of the window , -we pity him no more but thank and revere him , -and that the teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor , and make his name dear to all History .
... tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs out of the window , -we pity him no more but thank and revere him , -and that the teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor , and make his name dear to all History .
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The Emperor held it impossible to make a perfect army , says Las Casas , without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn ...
The Emperor held it impossible to make a perfect army , says Las Casas , without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn ...
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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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