The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 9
... imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground ...
... imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground ...
Page 69
... imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and follow the Past and ...
... imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and follow the Past and ...
Page 70
... of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
... of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
Page 71
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force Self- of a whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force Self- of a whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an ...
Page 77
... , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake his bread himself . " Society is a wave . The wave moves onward , 77.
... , commissaries and carriages , until in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake his bread himself . " Society is a wave . The wave moves onward , 77.
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