The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private ...
... hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private ...
Page 15
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and audible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in con- spiracy against the manhood of every one of its members Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for the ...
... hear in solitude , but they grow faint and audible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in con- spiracy against the manhood of every one of its members Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for the ...
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... hear a Self- preacher announce for his text and Reliance topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do I not know that all this ...
... hear a Self- preacher announce for his text and Reliance topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church . Do I not know beforehand that not possibly can he say a new and spontaneous word ? Do I not know that all this ...
Page 32
... I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consist- ency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and 32.
... I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consist- ency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and 32.
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... hear God Himself , unless He speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
... hear God Himself , unless He speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives . We are like children who repeat by rote the sentences of ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young