The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 14
... never Reliance about consequences , about interests : he gives an independent , genuine verdict You must court him : he does not court you . But the man is , as it were , clapped into jail by his consciousness . As soon as he has once ...
... never Reliance about consequences , about interests : he gives an independent , genuine verdict You must court him : he does not court you . But the man is , as it were , clapped into jail by his consciousness . As soon as he has once ...
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... never Self- varnish your hard , uncharitable am- Reliance bition with this increditable tender- ness for black folk a thousand miles off . Thy love afar is spite at home . " Rough and graceless would be such greeting , but truth is ...
... never Self- varnish your hard , uncharitable am- Reliance bition with this increditable tender- ness for black folk a thousand miles off . Thy love afar is spite at home . " Rough and graceless would be such greeting , but truth is ...
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... never to rely on your memory alone , scarcely even in acts of pure memory , but bring the past for judgment into the thousand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . Trust your emotion . In your metaphysics you have denied ...
... never to rely on your memory alone , scarcely even in acts of pure memory , but bring the past for judgment into the thousand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . Trust your emotion . In your metaphysics you have denied ...
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... never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the actions will be harmonious , however unlike they seem . These varieties are lost sight of when ...
... never but you shall be consist- ent in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the actions will be harmonious , however unlike they seem . These varieties are lost sight of when ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize never more . A great man is coming to eat at my Self- house . I do not wish to please him : Reliance I wish that he should wish to please me . I will stand ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize never more . A great man is coming to eat at my Self- house . I do not wish to please him : Reliance I wish that he should wish to please me . I will stand ...
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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