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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... "
Report of the State Board of Health of the State of New Hampshire. v. 6, 1887 - Page 145
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The Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...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...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is...
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The Metaphysical Magazine, Volumes 18-19

1905 - 778 pages
...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;...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is...
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Select Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that 10 imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion ;...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides 15 in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that...
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Psychology Applied to Medicine: Introductory Studies

David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 170 pages
...and previous habit. Emerson has said : " He must take himself for better for worse as his portion, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."1 The economic value of intellectual habits becomes apparent when it is understood...
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Psychology Applied to Medicine: Introductory Studies

David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 172 pages
...education and previous habit. Emerson has said : "He must take himself for better for worse as his portion, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."1 The economic value of intellectual habits becomes apparent when it is understood...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 5

1909 - 540 pages
...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 ;...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is...
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Essays and English Traits

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 496 pages
...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;...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is...
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How to Study and Teaching how to Study

Frank Morton McMurry - 1909 - 340 pages
..."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 ;...but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground (himself) which is given to him to till. " 2 And this conviction must not be accompanied with self-reproach....
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Putnam's & the Reader, Volume 5

1909 - 814 pages
...conviction touching alien days and places, " that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed...
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Putnam's Monthly and the Reader, Volume 5

1909 - 838 pages
...conviction touching alien days and places, " that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed...
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