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" 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 9
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 46 pages
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Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1910 - 544 pages
...sir, in your modest attempt. Remember this, however, that the greatest reason is always the truest. You will always find those who think they know what is your duty far better than you know it yourself, so go to the Sunday School if they bid you; there 'sa good boy....
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Vocal Expression: A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation

Katherine Jewell Everts - 1911 - 382 pages
...and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. . . . 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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The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Being Extracts from His Prose and Verse

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 196 pages
...only one side of nature — the sweet, without the other side — the bitter. Spiritual Laws. w HAT I must do, is all that concerns me; not what the people...those who think they know what is your duty better Selftrust GreatInde pend The World Spirit than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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...serve for the whole distinction between greatness and 10 meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your...
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The Pageant of English Prose: Being Five Hundred Passages by Three Hundred ...

Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pages
...of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. . . . 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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Youth and Opportunity: Being Chapters on the Factors of Success

Thomas Tapper - 1912 - 312 pages
...threescore years of time holds an eternity fearfully and wonderfully hidden. — CABLYLE. EFFICIENCY 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...
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Thoughts and After-thoughts

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree - 1913 - 346 pages
...and do not need for my assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What must I do is all that concerns me, not what the people think....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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English Prose: A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice of ...

Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the 25 people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual...think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after 30 the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after...
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College Life, Its Conditions and Problems: A Selection of Essays for Use in ...

Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 556 pages
...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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Journal of Reconstructives, Dietetics and Alimentation, Volume 30

1914 - 640 pages
...right — a selfstarter, with an automatic horn that would wake the dead." — Hospital Topics. 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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