The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 75
... equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion and philosophy of the Nineteenth Century avail to educate greater men than Plutarch's heroes 75.
... equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion and philosophy of the Nineteenth Century avail to educate greater men than Plutarch's heroes 75.
Page 78
... religious , learned , the civil institutions , as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by ...
... religious , learned , the civil institutions , as guards of property , and they deprecate assaults on these , because they feel them to be assaults on property . They meas- ure their esteem of each other , by what each has , and not by ...
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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