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" There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel... "
Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 342
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature

Laurie E. Rozakis - 1999 - 500 pages
...New England; writers began to adopt Emerson's ideas. Let's look at these two works now. Self-Reliance "There is a time in every man's education when he...that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide." —from "Self-Reliance" This essay further elaborates on the familiar Emersonian thesis— Trust thyself...
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Transient and Permanent: The Transcendentalist Movement and Its Contexts

Charles Capper, Conrad Edick Wright - 1999 - 664 pages
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Uneven Land: Nature and Agriculture in American Writing

Stephanie L. Sarver - 1999 - 232 pages
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Speak Up: A Practical Guide in the Elements of Effective Speaking

Nancy N. Dill - 2000 - 110 pages
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Socratic Seminars in the Block

Wanda H. Ball, Pam Brewer - 2000 - 182 pages
...effective presentation of your attitudes and aspirations for life. MODEL LESSON 4: "SELF-RELIANCE" There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through...
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American Ethics: A Source Book from Edwards to Dewey

Guy W. Stroh, Howard G. Callaway - 2000 - 524 pages
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through...
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Coming to Terms: A Writing Lesson

James P. Sullivan - 2000 - 394 pages
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The Wannamaker, Salley, Mackay, and Bellinger Families: Genealogies and Memoirs

2000 - 500 pages
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Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy: Essential Readings and ...

John J. Stuhr - 2000 - 724 pages
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