The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 10
... divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards . It needs a divine man to exhibit any thing ...
... divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards . It needs a divine man to exhibit any thing ...
Page 11
... divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception ...
... divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception ...
Page 41
... divine . Thoughtless people contradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
... divine . Thoughtless people contradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much more readily ; for , they do not distinguish between perception and notion . They fancy that I choose to see this or that ...
Page 42
... divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All ...
... divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All ...
Page 50
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declara- tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the 50.
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declara- tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the 50.
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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