The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 17
... institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall ...
... institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy , shall ...
Page 23
... 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 ostentation of examining the grounds of the institution , he will do no such thing ? Do I not ...
... 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 ostentation of examining the grounds of the institution , he will do no such thing ? Do I not ...
Page 34
... confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation , of Luther ; Quakerism , of Fox ; Methodism , of Wesley ; Abolition , of Clark- sons Scipio 34.
... confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation , of Luther ; Quakerism , of Fox ; Methodism , of Wesley ; Abolition , of Clark- sons Scipio 34.
Page 50
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declaration of the divine fact . Bid them take the shoes 50.
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declaration of the divine fact . Bid them take the shoes 50.
Page 78
... institutions , as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by what each is . But a cultivated ...
... institutions , as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by what each is . But a cultivated ...
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