The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 27
... come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
... come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , 27.
Page 28
Ralph Waldo Emerson. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little states- Self- men and philosophers and divines . Reliance With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do s☛ He may as well concern ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little states- Self- men and philosophers and divines . Reliance With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do s☛ He may as well concern ...
Page 33
... is the centre of things . Where he is there is nature . He measures you , and all men , and all events . You are constrained to accept his standard . Ordinarily everybody in society re- minds us of somewhat else or of some other person 33.
... is the centre of things . Where he is there is nature . He measures you , and all men , and all events . You are constrained to accept his standard . Ordinarily everybody in society re- minds us of somewhat else or of some other person 33.
Page 34
... minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation , of Luther ; Quakerism , of Fox ; Method- ism , of Wesley ...
... minds so grow and cleave to His genius , that He is confounded with virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation , of Luther ; Quakerism , of Fox ; Method- ism , of Wesley ...
Page 40
... . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions , he knows a perfect respect is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that 40.
... . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions . And to his involuntary perceptions , he knows a perfect respect is due . He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that 40.
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