The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 18
... the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
... the door - post , Whim . I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a 18.
Page 40
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , -all metaphysics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And ...
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , -all metaphysics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And ...
Page 42
... seek to interpose helps . It Self- must be that when God speaketh , Reliance He should communicate not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with His voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the ...
... seek to interpose helps . It Self- must be that when God speaketh , Reliance He should communicate not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with His voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the ...
Page 55
... seek my own . I do Reliance this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your interest and mine and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh today ? You will soon love what is ...
... seek my own . I do Reliance this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your interest and mine and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh today ? You will soon love what is ...
Page 69
... seek the Reliance Vatican , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and sugges- tions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of traveling is itself only a symptom of a deeper ...
... seek the Reliance Vatican , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and sugges- tions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of traveling is itself only a symptom of a deeper ...
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