The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 24
... lies , but false in all Self- particulars . Their every truth is not Reliance quite true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set ...
... lies , but false in all Self- particulars . Their every truth is not Reliance quite true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set ...
Page 26
... lies at the bottom of society ' is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment ☛☛ The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a ...
... lies at the bottom of society ' is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment ☛☛ The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a ...
Page 40
... lie in the lap of immense intelli- gence , which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth . When we discern justice , we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams . If we ask whence ...
... lie in the lap of immense intelli- gence , which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth . When we discern justice , we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams . If we ask whence ...
Page 53
... lying hospitality and lying affec- tion . Live no longer to the expecta- tion of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O ' friend , I have lived with you ...
... lying hospitality and lying affec- tion . Live no longer to the expecta- tion of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , O father , O mother , O wife , O brother , O ' friend , I have lived with you ...
Page 55
... lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh today ? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine , and if we follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . - But so you may give these friends pain ...
... lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh today ? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine , and if we follow the truth , it will bring us out safe at last . - But so you may give these friends pain ...
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