The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 14
... lose all pledge , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be formidable , must always engage the poet's and the man's regards . Of such an 14.
... lose all pledge , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , unbribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be formidable , must always engage the poet's and the man's regards . Of such an 14.
Page 22
... loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
... loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
Page 58
... lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges , and is installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New 58.
... lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges , and is installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New 58.
Page 61
... loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from ...
... loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from ...
Page 68
... ery that place is nothing . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , 68.
... ery that place is nothing . At home I dream that at Naples , at Rome , I can be intoxicated with beauty , and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea , and at last wake up in Naples , 68.
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