The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 24
... the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversa- tion which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a 24.
... the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversa- tion which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a 24.
Page 35
... feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , " Who are you , sir ? " Yet they all are his , suitors for his ...
... feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , " Who are you , sir ? " Yet they all are his , suitors for his ...
Page 48
... feel , under- Reliance lay that former state of life and cir- cumstances , as it does underlie my present , and will always all circum- stance , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having ...
... feel , under- Reliance lay that former state of life and cir- cumstances , as it does underlie my present , and will always all circum- stance , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having ...
Page 59
... feels no shame in not " studying a profession , " for he does not postpone his life , but lives already . He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man , and tell men they are ...
... feels no shame in not " studying a profession , " for he does not postpone his life , but lives already . He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man , and tell men they are ...
Page 65
... feel a real debt to the teacher , - will find his intellectual power has grown by the study of his writings . This will continue until he has ex- hausted his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds , the classification is idolized ...
... feel a real debt to the teacher , - will find his intellectual power has grown by the study of his writings . This will continue until he has ex- hausted his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds , the classification is idolized ...
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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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