The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 42
... means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by ...
... means , teach- ers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one thing as much as another . All things are dissolved to their center by ...
Page 61
... o But prayer as a means to effect a private end , is theft and meanness . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer 61.
... o But prayer as a means to effect a private end , is theft and meanness . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer 61.
Page 65
... idolized , passes for the end , and not for a speedily ex- haustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to their eye in the remote horizon with the walls of the universe ; the luminaries of heaven seem to them 65.
... idolized , passes for the end , and not for a speedily ex- haustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to their eye in the remote horizon with the walls of the universe ; the luminaries of heaven seem to them 65.
Page 77
... means Self- and machinery which were intro- Reliance duced with loud laudation , a few years or centuries before . The great genius returns to essential man . We reckoned the improve- ments of the art of war among the triumphs of ...
... means Self- and machinery which were intro- Reliance duced with loud laudation , a few years or centuries before . The great genius returns to essential man . We reckoned the improve- ments of the art of war among the triumphs of ...
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affecting ance apologetic ashamed better bring you peace called cause charity church conformity consciousness contradict discern divine duties EAST AURORA ESSAY ON SELF-RELIANCE fact feel feet foolish force foreign Galileo genius genuine action Hampshire hear heart highest hope idol imitation immortal institutions intellect intoxicated involuntary perceptions Italy Let the words light live lose manhood master means memory mendicant ments metaphysics mind misunder Naples nature ness never noble numbers past act persons popular prayer proceedeth Quakerism rage RALPH WALDO EMERSON rejec Reliance religion rich Rome round ROYCROFTERS sacred Scipio seek self-trust Shakespeare shame sion society Socrates solitude soul sour face speak spirit spontaneous stand stay at home stoic teach tell thee things thou thought tion tory Traveling true truth virtue or vice voice wake want of self-reliance whole young