The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 11
... society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stir- ring at their heart ...
... society of your contempo- raries , the connexion of events . Great men have always done so and con- fided themselves childlike to the genius of their age , betraying their perception that the Eternal was stir- ring at their heart ...
Page 13
... a boy the master of society ! -indepen- dent , irresponsible , looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , 13.
... a boy the master of society ! -indepen- dent , irresponsible , looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift summary way of boys , as good , bad , 13.
Page 15
... Society everywhere is in con- spiracy against the manhood of every one of its members Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for the better secur- ing of his bread to each share - holder , to surrender the liberty ...
... Society everywhere is in con- spiracy against the manhood of every one of its members Society is a joint - stock company in which the members agree for the better secur- ing of his bread to each share - holder , to surrender the liberty ...
Page 17
... societies and dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of ...
... societies and dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken indi- vidual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of ...
Page 19
... Societies ; though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar , it is a wicked dollar which by - and - by I shall have the manhood to withhold . Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than 19.
... Societies ; though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar , it is a wicked dollar which by - and - by I shall have the manhood to withhold . Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than 19.
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