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Cast the bantling on the rocks , Suckle him with a she - wolf's teat : Wintered with the hawk and fox , Power and speed be hands and feet . 1 1 Self - Reliance READ the other day some.
Cast the bantling on the rocks , Suckle him with a she - wolf's teat : Wintered with the hawk and fox , Power and speed be hands and feet . 1 1 Self - Reliance READ the other day some.
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Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being .
Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart , working through their hands , predominating in all their being .
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... yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
... yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
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The secret of fortune is joy in our hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide seu Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire .
The secret of fortune is joy in our hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide seu Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire .
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... without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake his bread himself .
... without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake his bread himself .
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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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