The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 38
... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self - trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aborigi- nal Self on which ... actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self - trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aborigi- nal Self on which ... actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the 38.
Page 39
... being also proceedeth . We first share the life by which things exist , and after- wards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
... being also proceedeth . We first share the life by which things exist , and after- wards see them as appearances in nature , and forget that we have shared their cause . Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of 39.
Page 40
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought Here Self- are the lungs of that inspiration Reliance which giveth man wisdom , of that inspiration of man which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought Here Self- are the lungs of that inspiration Reliance which giveth man wisdom , of that inspiration of man which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism ...
Page 41
... actions and acquisitions Reliance are but roving ; -the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emotion are domestic and divine . Thoughtless people contradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much ...
... actions and acquisitions Reliance are but roving ; -the most trivial reverie , the faintest native emotion are domestic and divine . Thoughtless people contradict as readily the statement of perceptions as of opinions , or rather much ...
Page 62
... action . The prayer of the Self- farmer kneeling in his field to weed Reliance it , the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar , are true prayers heard throughout nature , though for cheap ends Caratach , in Fletcher's ...
... action . The prayer of the Self- farmer kneeling in his field to weed Reliance it , the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar , are true prayers heard throughout nature , though for cheap ends Caratach , in Fletcher's ...
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