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the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but Self- the great man is he who in the midst Reliance of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages ...
the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but Self- the great man is he who in the midst Reliance of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usages ...
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Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions , he knows a perfect respect is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that 40.
Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions , he knows a perfect respect is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that 40.
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There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence . Be . fore a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less .
There is simply the rose ; it is perfect in every moment of its existence . Be . fore a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less .
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I have my own stern claims and perfect circle . It denies the name of duty to many offices that are called duties . But if I can discharge its debts , it enables me to dispense with the popular code . If any one imagines that this 56.
I have my own stern claims and perfect circle . It denies the name of duty to many offices that are called duties . But if I can discharge its debts , it enables me to dispense with the popular code . If any one imagines that this 56.
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The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are becoming timorous desponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect persons ...
The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are becoming timorous desponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and perfect persons ...
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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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