The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 7
... genius . Speak your latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense ; for always the inmost becomes the out- most , and our first thought is ren- dered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment . Familiar as the voice of the ...
... genius . Speak your latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense ; for always the inmost becomes the out- most , and our first thought is ren- dered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment . Familiar as the voice of the ...
Page 8
... genius we recog- nize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alien- ated majesty . Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this . They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with ...
... genius we recog- nize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alien- ated majesty . Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this . They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with ...
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... and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the at- tempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust 10.
... and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the at- tempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust 10.
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... genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stir- ring at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same ...
... genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stir- ring at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same ...
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... genius calls me . I would write on the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company ...
... genius calls me . I would write on the lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company ...
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