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Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his thought ; -and posterity seem to follow his steps as a procession . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after ...
Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his thought ; -and posterity seem to follow his steps as a procession . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after ...
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You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine , and if we follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . — But so you may give these friends pain se Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save ...
You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine , and if we follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . — But so you may give these friends pain se Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save ...
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For him all doors are flung wide seu Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did not need it . We solicitously and apologetically caress and ...
For him all doors are flung wide seu Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did not need it . We solicitously and apologetically caress and ...
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In manly hours , feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of circumstance should follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessities , his duties , on any ...
In manly hours , feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of circumstance should follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessities , his duties , on any ...
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Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and follow the Past and the Distant , as the eyes of a maid follow 69.
Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and follow the Past and the Distant , as the eyes of a maid follow 69.
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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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