The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 68
... hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , grows old even in youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and ...
... hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , grows old even in youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and ...
Page 70
... hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them ...
... hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , considering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them ...
Page 72
... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all ...
... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all ...
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