The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... lost sight of when seen at a little distance , at a little height of thought . One tendency unites them all . The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks . This is only microscopic criticism . See the line from a ...
... lost sight of when seen at a little distance , at a little height of thought . One tendency unites them all . The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks . This is only microscopic criticism . See the line from a ...
Page 74
... lost . If the traveler tell us truly , strike the savage with a broad axe , and in a day or two the flesh shall ... lost the use of his feet . He is supported on crutches , but loses so much support of muscle . He has got a fine Geneva ...
... lost . If the traveler tell us truly , strike the savage with a broad axe , and in a day or two the flesh shall ... lost the use of his feet . He is supported on crutches , but loses so much support of muscle . He has got a fine Geneva ...
Page 75
... lost by refinement some energy , by a christianity entrenched in establish- ments and forms , some vigor of wild virtue . For every stoic was a a stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the ...
... lost by refinement some energy , by a christianity entrenched in establish- ments and forms , some vigor of wild virtue . For every stoic was a a stoic ; but in Christendom where is the Christian ? There is no more deviation in the ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young