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" The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. "
Essays: First Series - Page 53
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 322 pages
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. 13. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...terror that scares us from selftrust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated te"thte or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then ? It seems to be a...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 12; Volume 76

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 pages
...After stating that a regard for consistency often ' scares us from our self-trust,' he asks, — ' But why should you keep your head over your shoulder?...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then?'— Essay ii., p. 57. Why — it depends on the...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1842 - 740 pages
...After stating that a regard for consistency often ' scares us from our self-trust,' he asks, — ' But why should you keep your head over your shoulder?...contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public places' Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then:'' — Essay ii., p. 57. Why — it depends...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your 4 memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself—what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely...
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