The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 34
... follow his steps as a proces- sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man ...
... follow his steps as a proces- sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man ...
Page 55
... follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . - But so you may give these friends pain ☛ Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . Be- sides , all persons have their moments of reason when ...
... follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . - But so you may give these friends pain ☛ Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . Be- sides , all persons have their moments of reason when ...
Page 63
... follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did not need it . We solicit- ously and apologetically caress and celebrate him , because he held on his way and scorned our disapproba- tion . The gods love ...
... follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did not need it . We solicit- ously and apologetically caress and celebrate him , because he held on his way and scorned our disapproba- tion . The gods love ...
Page 67
... follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessi- ties , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and is not ...
... follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessi- ties , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and is not ...
Page 69
... traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished 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.
... traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished 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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