The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side Else , tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we 8.
... teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side Else , tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we 8.
Page 30
... teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they com- municate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment I Fear never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever variety of ...
... teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they com- municate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment I Fear never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever variety of ...
Page 42
... teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause ...
... teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause ...
Page 71
... teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or ...
... teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or ...
Page 72
Ralph Waldo Emerson. can teach him . Shakespeare will never be made the study of Shakes- Self - peare . Do that which is assigned Reliance thee , and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. can teach him . Shakespeare will never be made the study of Shakes- Self - peare . Do that which is assigned Reliance thee , and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for ...
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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