The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 22
... keeps with perfect sweet- ness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usa- ges that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If ...
... keeps with perfect sweet- ness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usa- ges that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If ...
Page 27
... keep your head over your shoulder ? Self- Why drag about this monstrous corpse Reliance of your memory , lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? It ...
... keep your head over your shoulder ? Self- Why drag about this monstrous corpse Reliance of your memory , lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? It ...
Page 35
... keep things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charity- boy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself ...
... keep things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charity- boy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself ...
Page 52
... keep thy state ; stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting appearances , but let in the light of thy law on : their confusion . The power men pos- sess to 52.
... keep thy state ; stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting appearances , but let in the light of thy law on : their confusion . The power men pos- sess to 52.
Page 57
... keep its commandment one day . Self- And truly it demands something god- Reliance like in him who has cast off the com- mon motives of humanity , and has ventured to trust himself for a task- master . High be his heart , faithful his ...
... keep its commandment one day . Self- And truly it demands something god- Reliance like in him who has cast off the com- mon motives of humanity , and has ventured to trust himself for a task- master . High be his heart , faithful his ...
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