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As soon as he has once acted or spoken with eclat , he is a committed person , watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hundreds whose affections must now enter into his account . There is no Lethe for this .
As soon as he has once acted or spoken with eclat , he is a committed person , watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hundreds whose affections must now enter into his account . There is no Lethe for this .
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... without parallax , without calculable elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into triv . ial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
... without parallax , without calculable elements , which shoots a ray of beauty even into triv . ial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
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inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , the essence of virtue , the essence of life , Selfwhich we call Spontaneity or In- Reliance stinct . We denote this primary wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later ...
inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , the essence of virtue , the essence of life , Selfwhich we call Spontaneity or In- Reliance stinct . We denote this primary wisdom as Intuition , whilst all later ...
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Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door " Come out unto us . " - Do not spill thy soul ; do not all descend ; keep thy state ; stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a ...
Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door " Come out unto us . " - Do not spill thy soul ; do not all descend ; keep thy state ; stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a ...
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s If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith , let us at least resist our temptations , let us enter into the state of war , and wake Thor and Woden , courage and constancy in our Saxon breasts .
s If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith , let us at least resist our temptations , let us enter into the state of war , and wake Thor and Woden , courage and constancy in our Saxon breasts .
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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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