The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 29
... rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Him- maleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere . Nor does it matter how you gauge and try him . A char- acter is like an acrostic or Alexan- drian stanza ...
... rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Him- maleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere . Nor does it matter how you gauge and try him . A char- acter is like an acrostic or Alexan- drian stanza ...
Page 44
... alike . There is no time to it But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that sur- round him , stands on tiptoe to forsee the future 44.
... alike . There is no time to it But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that sur- round him , stands on tiptoe to forsee the future 44.
Page 45
Ralph Waldo Emerson. round him , stands on tiptoe to forsee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he , too , lives with nature Self- in the present , above time . Reliance This should be plain enough . You see what strong ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. round him , stands on tiptoe to forsee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he , too , lives with nature Self- in the present , above time . Reliance This should be plain enough . You see what strong ...
Page 49
... Round him I must evolve by the gravitation of spirits ; who has less , I rule with like facil- ity . We fancy it rhetoric when we speak of eminent virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or company of men ...
... Round him I must evolve by the gravitation of spirits ; who has less , I rule with like facil- ity . We fancy it rhetoric when we speak of eminent virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or company of men ...
Page 56
... round of duties by clearing yourself in the direct , or , in the reflex way . 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 ...
... round of duties by clearing yourself in the direct , or , in the reflex way . 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 ...
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