The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 12
... puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself Do not think the youth has no force because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ...
... puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself Do not think the youth has no force because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ...
Page 15
... force would be felt . He would utter opin- Self- ions on all passing affairs , which Reliance being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we ...
... force would be felt . He would utter opin- Self- ions on all passing affairs , which Reliance being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we ...
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... force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
... force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main- tain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
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... force that lies at the bottom of society ' is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment ☛☛ The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our ...
... force that lies at the bottom of society ' is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment ☛☛ The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our ...
Page 31
... force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great ...
... force of character is cumulative . All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great ...
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