The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 8
... than this . They 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.
... than this . They 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 12
... whole , their eye is as yet uncon- quered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody : all conform to it , so that one babe com- monly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play ...
... whole , their eye is as yet uncon- quered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody : all conform to it , so that one babe com- monly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play ...
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... whole distinction between greatness and meanness . It is the harder , because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is ...
... whole distinction between greatness and meanness . It is the harder , because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is ...
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... whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif- ferent , put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces ...
... whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif- ferent , put all means into the shade . This all great men are and do . Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces ...
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... whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by ...
... whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , then old things pass away , -means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by ...
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