The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 67
... feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of circumstance should follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessi- ties , his duties , on any occasion call him from ...
... feel that duty is our place , and that the merrymen of circumstance should follow as they may . The soul is no traveler : the wise man stays at home with the soul , and when his necessi- ties , his duties , on any occasion call him from ...
Page 78
... , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by what each is . But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of 78.
... , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by what each is . But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of 78.
Page 79
... feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him , and merely lies there , because no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is , does always by necessity acquire , and what the man ...
... feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him , and merely lies there , because no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is , does always by necessity acquire , and what the man ...
Page 80
... feels himself stronger than before by a new thousand of eyes and arms . In like manner the reformers summon conventions , and vote and resolve in multitude . But not so , O friends ! will the God deign to enter and inhabit you , but by ...
... feels himself stronger than before by a new thousand of eyes and arms . In like manner the reformers summon conventions , and vote and resolve in multitude . But not so , O friends ! will the God deign to enter and inhabit you , but by ...
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