The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 10
... 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 . Trust 10.
... 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 . Trust 10.
Page 11
Ralph Waldo Emerson. muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place Self- the divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. muse befriends ; no invention , no hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place Self- the divine Providence has found for Reliance you ; the society of your contempo- raries ...
Page 18
... lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
... lintels of the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
Page 32
... 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.
... 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.
Page 47
... hope are alike beneath it . It asks nothing . There is somewhat low even in hope . We are then in vision . There is nothing that can be called gratitude nor properly joy . The soul is raised over passion ☛ It seeth identity and eternal ...
... hope are alike beneath it . It asks nothing . There is somewhat low even in hope . We are then in vision . There is nothing that can be called gratitude nor properly joy . The soul is raised over passion ☛ It seeth identity and eternal ...
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