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The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America - Page 156
by Fredrika Bremer - 1854
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Essays and English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...of more value than any thought they may contain. /jTo believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,—that is genius, f Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for always...
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe yours own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for...conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us by the...
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The Old Order Changeth: A View of American Democracy

William Allen White - 1910 - 290 pages
...treasurer. These are our faith, hope, and charity. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius," says Emerson, and admonishes us, "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense;...
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Vocal Expression in Speech: A Treatise on the Fundamentals of Public ...

Henry Evarts Gordon - 1911 - 332 pages
...Copyright, Small, Maynard and Company 59. SELF-RELIANCE To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for...rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton,...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to 5 believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for...latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; 1 for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us...
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All Manner of Folk: Interpretations and Studies

Holbrook Jackson - 1912 - 226 pages
...come back fragrant of youth, and hope and courage. " To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius." " A man must carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral...
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English Journal, Volume 8

1919 - 496 pages
...level. And we got that with the fourth sentence: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius." "How many times," I asked them, "have you had an idea when a teacher asked a thought-question, but...
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English Prose: A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice of ...

Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe 5 your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for...first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets 10 of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe...
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Evolution of Expression, Volume 1

Charles Wesley Emerson - 1913 - 138 pages
...triumph seal. KABL THEODOK KOBNEB. SELF-RELIANCE. 1. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for...conviction. and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets...
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The Art of Writing English: A Book for College Classes

Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 pages
...the opening lines of his essay on Self -Reliance: " To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for...conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets...
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