The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 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 Self - Reliance READ the other day some verses.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 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 Self - Reliance READ the other day some verses.
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... hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but redeemers and benefactors ...
... hands , predominating in all their being . And we are now men , and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner , not cowards fleeing before a revolution , but redeemers and benefactors ...
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... - tation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another hand- kerchief , and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion . This conformity makes them not false in a few particulars , authors of 23.
... - tation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another hand- kerchief , and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion . This conformity makes them not false in a few particulars , authors of 23.
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... the soul come , 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.
... the soul come , 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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... hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did ...
... hands . Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self - helping man . For him all doors are flung wide Him all tongues greet , all honors crown , all eyes follow with desire . Our love goes out to him and embraces him , because he did ...
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