The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 51
... stay at home , to put itself in communication with the internal ocean , but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of men . We must go alone . Isolation must precede true society . I like the silent church before the service ...
... stay at home , to put itself in communication with the internal ocean , but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of men . We must go alone . Isolation must precede true society . I like the silent church before the service ...
Page 52
... stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting appearances , but let in the light of thy law on : their confusion . The power men pos- sess to 52.
... stay at home in thine own heaven ; come not for a moment into their facts , into their hubbub of conflicting appearances , but let in the light of thy law on : their confusion . The power men pos- sess to 52.
Page 69
... stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and ...
... stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are gar- nished with foreign ornaments ; our opinions , our tastes , our whole minds lean , and ...
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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