Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 59
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on titpoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on titpoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
Page 60
... This which I think and feel underlay every former state of life and circumstances , as it does underlie my present , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power 60 ESSAY II .
... This which I think and feel underlay every former state of life and circumstances , as it does underlie my present , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power 60 ESSAY II .
Page 61
... present , there will be power not confident but agent . To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speak- ing . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more obedience than I masters me , though he should ...
... present , there will be power not confident but agent . To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speak- ing . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more obedience than I masters me , though he should ...
Page 65
... , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! If any man consider the present aspects of what is 5 SELF - RELIANCE . 65.
... , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! If any man consider the present aspects of what is 5 SELF - RELIANCE . 65.
Page 66
Ralph Waldo Emerson. If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ethics . The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ethics . The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding ...
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