The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 22
... perfect sweet- ness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usa- ges that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main ...
... perfect sweet- ness the independence of solitude . The objection to conforming to usa- ges that have become dead to you , is , that it scatters your force It loses your time and blurs the impres- sion of your character . If you main ...
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.
Page 44
... perfect in every moment of its existence . Be- fore a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies ...
... perfect in every moment of its existence . Be- fore a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies ...
Page 57
... seem to be drawn out , and we are becoming timorous despond- ing whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and great and perfect persons Self- 57.
... seem to be drawn out , and we are becoming timorous despond- ing whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid of fortune , afraid of death , and afraid of each other . Our age yields no great and great and perfect persons Self- 57.
Page 58
Ralph Waldo Emerson. age yields no great and great and perfect persons Self- We want men and women who shall Reliance renovate life and our social state , but we see that most natures are insolvent ; cannot satisfy their own wants , have ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. age yields no great and great and perfect persons Self- We want men and women who shall Reliance renovate life and our social state , but we see that most natures are insolvent ; cannot satisfy their own wants , have ...
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