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Page 9
... in him is new in nature , and none but he knows what that is which he can do , nor does he know until he has tried so Not for nothing one face , one character , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not 9.
... in him is new in nature , and none but he knows what that is which he can do , nor does he know until he has tried so Not for nothing one face , one character , one fact makes much impression on him , and another none . It is not 9.
Page 11
... before a revolution , but a redeemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay , plastic under the Almighty effort , let us advance and advance on Chaos and the Dark sou What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in 11.
... before a revolution , but a redeemers and benefactors , pious aspirants to be noble clay , plastic under the Almighty effort , let us advance and advance on Chaos and the Dark sou What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in 11.
Page 12
What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior Self- of children , babes and even brutes . Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength ...
What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior Self- of children , babes and even brutes . Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength ...
Page 13
The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one , is the healthy attitude of human nature . How is a boy the master of society 1 - independent , irresponsible ...
The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one , is the healthy attitude of human nature . How is a boy the master of society 1 - independent , irresponsible ...
Page 16
I replied , They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child , I will live then from the devil . No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to 16.
I replied , They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child , I will live then from the devil . No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to 16.
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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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