The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 44
... 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 nature , in all moments alike . There is no time to it But man postpones or remembers ...
... 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 nature , in all moments alike . There is no time to it But man postpones or remembers ...
Page 52
... whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles . Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door and say , " Come out unto us . " - Do not spill thy soul ...
... whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles . Friend , client , child , sickness , fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door and say , " Come out unto us . " - Do not spill thy soul ...
Page 69
... whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and the universal system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds trav- el when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of ...
... whole intellectual action . The intellect is vagabond , and the universal system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds trav- el when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of ...
Page 71
... whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till ...
... whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till ...
Page 74
... being sure of the inform- ation when he wants it , the man in the street does not know a star in the sky . The solstice he does not ob- serve ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without 74.
... being sure of the inform- ation when he wants it , the man in the street does not know a star in the sky . The solstice he does not ob- serve ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without 74.
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