The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 19
... poor men in good situations . Self- Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There ...
... poor men in good situations . Self- Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou Reliance foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There ...
Page 26
... 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 magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment The other terror that ...
... 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 magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment The other terror that ...
Page 35
... poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , " Who are you , sir ? " Yet they all are his , suitors for his notice ...
... poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book have an alien and forbidding air , much like a gay equipage , and seem to say like that , " Who are you , sir ? " Yet they all are his , suitors for his notice ...
Page 49
... poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of Self- that which relies , because it works Reliance and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must evolve by the gravitation of ...
... poor external way of speaking . Speak rather of Self- that which relies , because it works Reliance and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must evolve by the gravitation of ...
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