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If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind ,although it may chance that no one has seen it before me seu For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun goede The relations of the soul ...
If I see a trait , my children will see it after me , and in course of time , all mankind ,although it may chance that no one has seen it before me seu For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun goede The relations of the soul ...
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All things are made sacred by relation to it , one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles disappear la leo This is and must be .
All things are made sacred by relation to it , one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles disappear la leo This is and must be .
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I shall endeavor to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way . I appeal from your customs . I must be myself .
I shall endeavor to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way . I appeal from your customs . I must be myself .
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Consider whether you have satisfied your relations to father , mother cousin , neighbor , town , cat and dog ; whether any of these can upbraid you . But I may also neglect this reflex standard , and absolve me to myself .
Consider whether you have satisfied your relations to father , mother cousin , neighbor , town , cat and dog ; whether any of these can upbraid you . But I may also neglect this reflex standard , and absolve me to myself .
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It is easier to see that a greater selfreliance , -a new respect for the divinity of man , -must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men ; in their religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of ...
It is easier to see that a greater selfreliance , -a new respect for the divinity of man , -must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men ; in their religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of ...
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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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