The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 40
... causes , -all metaphysics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions ...
... causes , -all metaphysics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions ...
Page 42
... thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles dis- appear This is and must be . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , 42.
... thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles dis- appear This is and must be . If , therefore , a man claims to know and speak of God , 42.
Page 50
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declara- tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the 50.
... all concentrates ; let us not rove ; let us sit at home with the cause . Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declara- tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the 50.
Page 64
... cause he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's bro- ther's God Every new mind is a new classifica- tion . If it prove a mind of uncommon activity and power , a Locke , a Lavois ...
... cause he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's bro- ther's God Every new mind is a new classifica- tion . If it prove a mind of uncommon activity and power , a Locke , a Lavois ...
Page 81
... with her , and gain all , and lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these win- nings , and deal with Cause and Ef- fect , the chancellors of God . In the Will , work and acquire , and thou hast chained 81.
... with her , and gain all , and lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these win- nings , and deal with Cause and Ef- fect , the chancellors of God . In the Will , work and acquire , and thou hast chained 81.
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