 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between- greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those...  So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance - Page 7by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 46 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,... | |
 | 1899 - 606 pages
...honest and honorable. Remember what that greatest of American ethical thinkers, Emerson, says : ' What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. ... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1900 - 638 pages
...faith that should never fail us." — CARLYLE'S Letters. " What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous...you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion : it... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 268 pages
...be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. 155 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...harder because you will always find those who think 160 they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 636 pages
...faith that should never fail us." — CARLYLE'S Letters. " What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous...between greatness and meanness. " It is the harder beeause you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It... | |
 | 1901 - 542 pages
...his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace." "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is easy in the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not ^hat the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve 48 for the whole distinction between greatness^ and meanness. It is the harder because you I will always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 110 pages
...shine. April Ira '"PHE manly part is to do with might and main what you can do. Wealth April AXf HAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. Self Reliance April ttorlbf A MAN cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
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