The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens , I ...
... sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , -under all these screens , I ...
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... sion 66 There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general his- tory ; I mean , the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease ...
... sion 66 There is a mortifying experience in particular which does not fail to wreck itself also in the general his- tory ; I mean , the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease ...
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... sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the ...
... sion . A man Cæsar is born and for ages after , we have a Roman Em- pire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the ...
Page 60
... sion , and that the moment he acts from himself , tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs out of the window , we pity him no more but thank and revere him , and that the teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor ...
... sion , and that the moment he acts from himself , tossing the laws , the books , idolatries and customs out of the window , we pity him no more but thank and revere him , and that the teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor ...
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