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Cast the bantling on the rocks , Suckle him with a she - wolf's teat : Wintered with the hawk and fox , Power and speed be hands and feet . 1 1 Self - Reliance READ the other day some.
Cast the bantling on the rocks , Suckle him with a she - wolf's teat : Wintered with the hawk and fox , Power and speed be hands and feet . 1 1 Self - Reliance READ the other day some.
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Let a man then know his worth , and keep things under his feet . 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 .
Let a man then know his worth , and keep things under his feet . 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 .
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Bid them take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity Selfjudge them , and our docility to our Reliance own law demonstrate the poverty of nature and fortune beside our native riches uno de But now we ...
Bid them take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity Selfjudge them , and our docility to our Reliance own law demonstrate the poverty of nature and fortune beside our native riches uno de But now we ...
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... farms it , peddles , keeps a school , preaches , edits a newspaper , goes to Congress , buys a township , and so forth , in successive years , and always , like a cat , falls on his feet , is worth a hundred of these city dolls .
... farms it , peddles , keeps a school , preaches , edits a newspaper , goes to Congress , buys a township , and so forth , in successive years , and always , like a cat , falls on his feet , is worth a hundred of these city dolls .
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The civilized man has built a coach , but has lost the use of his feet . He is supported on crutches , but loses so much support of muscle . He has got a fine Geneva watch , but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun .
The civilized man has built a coach , but has lost the use of his feet . He is supported on crutches , but loses so much support of muscle . He has got a fine Geneva watch , but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun .
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| 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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