The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 9
... in him is new in nature , and none but he knows what that is which he can do , nor does he know until he has tried Not for nothing one face , one charac- ter , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not 9.
... in him is new in nature , and none but he knows what that is which he can do , nor does he know until he has tried Not for nothing one face , one charac- ter , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not 9.
Page 13
... master of society ! -indepen- dent , irresponsible , looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , 13.
... master of society ! -indepen- dent , irresponsible , looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , 13.
Page 33
... fact which is the upshot of all history , that there is a great responsible Thinker and Actor moving wherever moves a man ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place , but is the centre of things . Where he is there is nature ...
... fact which is the upshot of all history , that there is a great responsible Thinker and Actor moving wherever moves a man ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place , but is the centre of things . Where he is there is nature ...
Page 36
... fact , that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our read- ing is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , our ...
... fact , that it symbolizes so well the state of man , who is in the world a sort of sot , but now and then wakes up , exercises his reason , and finds himself a true prince . Our read- ing is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , our ...
Page 39
... fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man ...
... fact behind which analysis cannot go , all things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man ...
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