The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 14
... 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 neutral , godlike independence ! Who can thus lose all ...
... 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 neutral , godlike independence ! Who can thus lose all ...
Page 19
... persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ; for them I will go to prison , if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting - houses to the vain end ...
... persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ; for them I will go to prison , if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting - houses to the vain end ...
Page 33
... things . Where he is there is nature . He measures you , and all men , and all events . You are constrained to accept his standard . Ordinarily everybody in society re- minds us of somewhat else or of some other person 33.
... things . Where he is there is nature . He measures you , and all men , and all events . You are constrained to accept his standard . Ordinarily everybody in society re- minds us of somewhat else or of some other person 33.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. minds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , real- Self- ity , reminds you of nothing else . It Reliance takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. minds us of somewhat else or of some other person . Character , real- Self- ity , reminds you of nothing else . It Reliance takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all ...
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... person , was the hieroglyphic by which they obscurely signified their consciousness of their own right and comeliness , the right of every man . The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of ...
... person , was the hieroglyphic by which they obscurely signified their consciousness of their own right and comeliness , the right of every man . The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young