The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 41
... in course of time , all mankind , — although it may chance that no one has seen it before me For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun The relations of the soul to the di- vine spirit are so pure that it is pro- fane 41.
... in course of time , all mankind , — although it may chance that no one has seen it before me For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun The relations of the soul to the di- vine spirit are so pure that it is pro- fane 41.
Page 48
... fact the world hates , that the soul becomes ; for , that forever degrades the past ; turns all riches to poverty ; all reputa- tion to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside . Why then do we ...
... fact the world hates , that the soul becomes ; for , that forever degrades the past ; turns all riches to poverty ; all reputa- tion to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside . Why then do we ...
Page 49
... . This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic , the resolution of all into the ever blessed One . Virtue is the gov- ernor , the creator , the reality . All things real are so by so much of virtue as 49.
... . This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic , the resolution of all into the ever blessed One . Virtue is the gov- ernor , the creator , the reality . All things real are so by so much of virtue as 49.
Page 50
... 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.
... 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 51
Ralph Waldo Emerson. tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity Self- judge them , and our docility to our Reliance own law demonstrate the poverty of nature and ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. tion of the divine fact . Bid them take the shoes from off their feet , for God is here within . Let our simplicity Self- judge them , and our docility to our Reliance own law demonstrate the poverty of nature and ...
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