The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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... , all persons have their moments of reason when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me and do the same thing o The populace think that your rejec- tion of popular standards is a rejec- tion of all 55.
... , all persons have their moments of reason when they look out into the region of absolute truth ; then will they justify me and do the same thing o The populace think that your rejec- tion of popular standards is a rejec- tion of all 55.
Page 61
... looks abroad and Reliance asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity ...
... looks abroad and Reliance asks for some foreign addition to come through some foreign virtue , and loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and media- torial and miraculous . Prayer that craves a particular commodity ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume them- Self- selves on the improvement of society , Reliance and no man improves . Society never advances . It ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume them- Self- selves on the improvement of society , Reliance and no man improves . Society never advances . It ...
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