The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 10
... thing divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the at- tempt his ...
... thing divine . A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the at- tempt his ...
Page 22
... course , so much force is withdrawn from your proper life . But do your thing , and I shall know you . Do your work , and you shall reinforce your- self . A man must consider what a blind - man's - buff is this game of conformity 22.
... course , so much force is withdrawn from your proper life . But do your thing , and I shall know you . Do your work , and you shall reinforce your- self . A man must consider what a blind - man's - buff is this game of conformity 22.
Page 23
... thing ? Do I not know that he is pledged to himself not to look but at one side ; the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the emptiest affec- tation ...
... thing ? Do I not know that he is pledged to himself not to look but at one side ; the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the emptiest affec- tation ...
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... thing you said today Ah , then , exclaim the aged ladies , you shall be sure to be misunderstood . Mis- understood ! It is a right fool's word . Is it so bad then to be misunder- stood ? Pythagoras was misunder- stood , and Socrates ...
... thing you said today Ah , then , exclaim the aged ladies , you shall be sure to be misunderstood . Mis- understood ! It is a right fool's word . Is it so bad then to be misunder- stood ? Pythagoras was misunder- stood , and Socrates ...
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... thing . In this pleasing contrite wood - life which God allows me , let me record day by day my honest thought without prospect or retro- spect , and I cannot doubt , it will be found symmetrical , though I mean it not , and see it not ...
... thing . In this pleasing contrite wood - life which God allows me , let me record day by day my honest thought without prospect or retro- spect , and I cannot doubt , it will be found symmetrical , though I mean it not , and see it not ...
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