The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 33
... 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.
... 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 35
... things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charity- boy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which ...
... things under his feet . Let him not peep or steal , or skulk up and down with the air of a charity- boy , a bastard , or an interloper , in the world which exists for him . But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which ...
Page 37
... things of life are the same to both : the sum Self- total of both is the same . Why all Reliance this deference to Alfred , and Scan- derbeg , and Gustavus ? Suppose they were virtuous : did they wear out virtue ? As great a stake ...
... things of life are the same to both : the sum Self- total of both is the same . Why all Reliance this deference to Alfred , and Scan- derbeg , and Gustavus ? Suppose they were virtuous : did they wear out virtue ? As great a stake ...
Page 38
... things , and reverse Reliance theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honors , and repre- sent the Law in his person , was the hieroglyphic by which they obscurely signified their consciousness of their own right and ...
... things , and reverse Reliance theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honors , and repre- sent the Law in his person , was the hieroglyphic by which they obscurely signified their consciousness of their own right and ...
Page 39
... things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man , but one with them , and proceedeth ...
... things find their common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man , but one with them , and proceedeth ...
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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