Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident but agent. To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because it works and is. Essays: First Series - Page 78by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...trustworthy self, which speaks in us when we allow it hearing. Self-reliance is, therefore, self-abandonment. "To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking ; speak rather of that which relies." Let, then, the prompting of this self (which ^s«fjso the not-self) find utterance in speech and follo\^ng... | |
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