The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 7
... heart , is true for all men , that is 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 ...
... heart , is true for all men , that is 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 ...
Page 10
... 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 him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope ...
... 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 him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope ...
Page 11
... heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place Self- the divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves ...
... heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place Self- the divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves ...
Page 27
... 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.
... 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.
Page 54
... will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the heart appoints . If you are noble , I will love you ; if you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , 54.
... will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the heart appoints . If you are noble , I will love you ; if you are not , I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions . If you are true , 54.
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Bibliographic information
| 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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