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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work 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 ...
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work 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 ...
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summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troubleSelf- some se He cumbers himself never Reliance about consequences , about interests : he gives an independent , genuine verdict se .
summary way of boys , as good , bad , interesting , silly , eloquent , troubleSelf- some se He cumbers himself never Reliance about consequences , about interests : he gives an independent , genuine verdict se .
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I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity ...
I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity ...
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The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by a weak curiosity . No man can come Selfnear me but through my act . " What Reliance we love that we have , but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love .
The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by a weak curiosity . No man can come Selfnear me but through my act . " What Reliance we love that we have , but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love .
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But so you may give these friends pain se Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . Besides , all persons have their moments of reason when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will ...
But so you may give these friends pain se Yes , but I cannot sell my liberty and my power , to save their sensibility . Besides , all persons have their moments of reason when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will ...
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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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