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Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not ye Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered ...
Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not ye Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered ...
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I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right sen Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony sien som What must I ...
I cannot consent to pay for a privilege where I have intrinsic right sen Few and mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony sien som What must I ...
Page 24
... I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a 24.
... I mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a 24.
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In this pleasing contrite wood - life which God allows me , let me record day by day my honest thought without prospect or retrospect , and I cannot doubt , it will be found symmetrical , though I mean it not , and see it not .
In this pleasing contrite wood - life which God allows me , let me record day by day my honest thought without prospect or retrospect , and I cannot doubt , it will be found symmetrical , though I mean it not , and see it not .
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The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif . ferent , -put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and ...
The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif . ferent , -put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and ...
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| Title | The Essay on Self-reliance |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | The Roycrofters, 1908 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 8 Dec 2015 |
| Length | 82 pages |
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