...Anspielung auf das nach puritanischer Lesart von der Vorsehung auserwählte Amerika kaum deutlicher sein: „Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron...found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." (CW 2, 28). In der Anweisung an den Einzelnen, sich ausschließlich auf die eigene...

...not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal." — Napolean Hill "Accept the place the divine providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage...

...otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope....done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their...

...he makes do with what he has been allotted, thus remaining true to the spirit of "Self- Reliance": "Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you: the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." Putting it another way, "Experience" closes with an admittedly timid step into...