The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 17
... dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy ...
... dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy ...
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... dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or ...
... dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or ...
Page 36
... dead drunk in the street , carried to the duke's house , washed and dressed and laid in the duke's bed , and on his waking , treat- ed with all obsequious ceremony like the duke , and assured that he had been insane , owes its popular ...
... dead drunk in the street , carried to the duke's house , washed and dressed and laid in the duke's bed , and on his waking , treat- ed with all obsequious ceremony like the duke , and assured that he had been insane , owes its popular ...
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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