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" It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. "
Philosophy as absolute science, founded in the universal laws of being, by E ... - Page 377
by Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....always find those who think they know what is your dnty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy...
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 64

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1868 - 648 pages
...the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face." It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is be who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It_is the harder, because ypu will always find those who think they know what is...world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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The Unitarian Annual Register, for the Year ...

1845 - 488 pages
...appear from 31 Wed. 7 8 4 62 morn. 6 19 meridian to sunset." — Christopher North. The Great Man. " It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect •sweetness the...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness....duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world tolive after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live afier our own; but the great man is...
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