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So God has armed youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself som de Do not think the youth has no force because ...
So God has armed youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself som de Do not think the youth has no force because ...
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Of such an immortal youth the force would be felt . He would utter opin- Selfions on all passing affairs , which Reliance being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear .
Of such an immortal youth the force would be felt . He would utter opin- Selfions on all passing affairs , which Reliance being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear .
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The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force de It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society ...
The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force de It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society ...
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But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added , when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of ...
But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added , when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of ...
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Always scorn appearances , and you always may sou The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the ...
Always scorn appearances , and you always may sou The force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the ...
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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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