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Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charityboy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force ...
Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charityboy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force ...
Page 39
We first share the life by which things exist , and afterwards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
We first share the life by which things exist , and afterwards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
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These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God today som There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its ...
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God today som There is no time to them . There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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