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Then again , do not tell me , as a good man did today , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . SelfAre they my poor ? I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent ...
Then again , do not tell me , as a good man did today , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . SelfAre they my poor ? I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent ...
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But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added , when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of ...
But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added , when the ignorant and the poor are aroused , when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of ...
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But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force which built a tower or sculptured a marble god , feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and ...
But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force which built a tower or sculptured a marble god , feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and ...
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I To talk of reliance , is a poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of Selfthat which relies , because it works Reliance and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger .
I To talk of reliance , is a poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of Selfthat which relies , because it works Reliance and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger .
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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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