The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... once acted or spoken with eclat , he is a committed person , watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hun- dreds whose affections must now enter into his account . There is no Lethe for this . Ah , that he could pass again into his ...
... once acted or spoken with eclat , he is a committed person , watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hun- dreds whose affections must now enter into his account . There is no Lethe for this . Ah , that he could pass again into his ...
Page 38
... baffling star , without parallax , with- out 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.
... baffling star , without parallax , with- out 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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Ralph Waldo Emerson. inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , the es- sence of virtue , the essence of life , Self- which we call Spontaneity or In- Reliance stinct . We denote this primary wis- dom as Intuition ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , the es- sence of virtue , the essence of life , Self- which we call Spontaneity or In- Reliance stinct . We denote this primary wis- dom as Intuition ...
Page 52
... once at thy closet door and say , " 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 moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting ...
... once at thy closet door and say , " 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 moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting ...
Page 53
... once rise to the sanc- tities 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 . This is to be done in our smooth ...
... once rise to the sanc- tities 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 . This is to be done in our smooth ...
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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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