The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 49
... rich men , poets , who are not . This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic , the resolution of all into the ever blessed One . Virtue is the gov- ernor , the creator , the reality . All things real ...
... rich men , poets , who are not . This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic , the resolution of all into the ever blessed One . Virtue is the gov- ernor , the creator , the reality . All things real ...
Page 72
... rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say , surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the ear and the tongue are two organs of one nature ...
... rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say , surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the ear and the tongue are two organs of one nature ...
Page 73
... rich , it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration . For every thing that is given , some- thing is taken . Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , read- ing , writing ...
... rich , it is scientific ; but this change is not amelioration . For every thing that is given , some- thing is taken . Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts . What a contrast between the well - clad , read- ing , writing ...
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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