The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 31
... majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . There they all stand and shed an united light on the advanc- ing actor He 31.
... majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . There they all stand and shed an united light on the advanc- ing actor He 31.
Page 36
... ing is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , our imagination makes fools of us , plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work 36.
... ing is mendicant and sycophantic . In history , our imagination makes fools of us , plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work 36.
Page 67
... imagination , did so Self- not by rambling round creation as a Reliance moth round a lamp , but by sticking fast where they were like an axis of the earth . In manly hours , feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of ...
... imagination , did so Self- not by rambling round creation as a Reliance moth round a lamp , but by sticking fast where they were like an axis of the earth . In manly hours , feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of ...
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