The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 70
... , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
... , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
Page 75
... 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 moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now ...
... 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 moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now ...
Page 77
... ments of the art of war among the triumphs of science , and yet Napol- eon conquered Europe by the Biv- ouac , which consisted of falling back on naked valor , and disencumbering it of all aids . The Emperor held it impossible to make a ...
... ments of the art of war among the triumphs of science , and yet Napol- eon conquered Europe by the Biv- ouac , which consisted of falling back on naked valor , and disencumbering it of all aids . The Emperor held it impossible to make a ...
Page 78
... ments which protect it , is the want of self - reliance . Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long , that they have come to es- teem what they call the soul's pro- gress , namely , the religious , learned , the civil ...
... ments which protect it , is the want of self - reliance . Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long , that they have come to es- teem what they call the soul's pro- gress , namely , the religious , learned , the civil ...
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