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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 se Else , tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we 8.
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 se Else , tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we 8.
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Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not ye Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered ...
Reliance That divided and rebel mind , that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not ye Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered ...
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This rule , equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life , may serve for the 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 ...
This rule , equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life , may serve for the 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 ...
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It Reliance takes place of the 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 ...
It Reliance takes place of the 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 ...
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... He should communicate not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with His voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the center of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole .
... He should communicate not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with His voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the center of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole .
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| Title | The Essay on Self-reliance |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | The Roycrofters, 1908 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 8 Dec 2015 |
| Length | 82 pages |
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