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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors - Page 138
by Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 432 pages
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A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped ed

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what...
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Public Speaking and Debate: With an Essay on Sacred Eloquence by Henry ...

George Jacob Holyoake - 1863 - 254 pages
...yourself," says he, " never imitate. Your own gift you can present every mo* See Note E, page 172. ment, with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write...
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The Collected Works of ... P. ...

Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...', My giant goes with me wherever I go." " It was in his own mind that the artist sought his model." "That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." ', Every great man is an unique." ', Nothing cau bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His...
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A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what...
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Readings for Young Men, Merchants, and Men of Business

Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...preachers can receive, — let your conduct, by embodying the text, do credit to the sermon. SELF-RELIANCE. INSIST on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift...each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. Where is the master who could...
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The New School Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive System of Instruction in ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 396 pages
...sublime of Italian poets : born at Florence, Anno Domini 1265. SELF-RELIANCE. P.. WALDO EMERSON. 1. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you...half-possession. That which each can do best, none hut his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it....
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Laurie's Graduated series of reading lesson books, Book 6

James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...house in which all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and ' sentiment will bo satisfied also. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift...talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 27; Volume 49

1867 - 646 pages
...with careful previous preparation, as the highest and most successful style. f[R 'W. EMERSON says, "Insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gift...another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 19; Volume 27; Volume 49

1867 - 650 pages
...highest and most successful style. f [RW EITEBSOJT says, " Insist on yourself, never imitate. Tour own gift you can present every moment, with the cumulative...another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take...
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