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" Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 247
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870
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The Creative Life

Ludwig Lewisohn - 1924 - 228 pages
...expiate but to live." And in what manner did he conceive the living of a free, a noble, an American life? "Absolve you to yourself and you shall have the suffrage of the world. . . . What I must do is all that concerns me; not what people think." There is nothing here about teamwork,...
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The Essential American Tradition: An Anthology of Striking and Significant ...

Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 360 pages
...by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men. Who would be a man must be a non-conformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to your self, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. I remember an answer which when quite young...
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The Revolt of Modern Youth

Ben Barr Lindsey, Wainwright Evans - 1925 - 374 pages
...the ears of men, and put them in fear. . . . "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing at the last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...
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Emerson's Essays and Poems: Selected and Edited with an Introd

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...realities and creaiTors, but imuiea-ahd custom's. Whr>g" would, be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be Hindered by...goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing js at last sacred h,1lf t.tiA jntegrity of your own rrnnd. AtJsblve you to yourself, and youSllstt...
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A Book of Modern Essays

Bruce McCullough, Edwin Berry Burgum - 1926 - 462 pages
...would be a man," he declared in his famous- essay on Self-Reliance, "must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." No American ever lived whose personal life was more exemplary; or who expressed such perfect disdain...
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The Golden Day: A Study in American Experience and Culture

Lewis Mumford - 1926 - 298 pages
...his. He did not shrink from them. "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. ... I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was C97] wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, 'What have I to...
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Century Readings in the English Essay

Louis Wann - 1926 - 564 pages
...by, if it will stand by you to yourself, and you shall have the itself. Do not think the youth has no suffrage of the world. I remember an answer which when quite young I was all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; prompted to make to a valued adviser who for them I will...
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A Book of American Literature

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the 40 world. I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who...
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Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought in the West: Volume 2

Ninian Smart, John Clayton, Patrick Sherry, Steven T. Katz - 1988 - 372 pages
...the place the Divine Providence has found for you. . . who would be a man must be a nonconformist. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself.' During the decade that separated 'Self-Reliance' and 'Fate' Emerson became more sombre but there is...
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Conversant Essays: Contemporary Poets on Poetry

James McCorkle - 1990 - 608 pages
...more important sex of mind." Of divine absolution, he simply referred us to a divinity closer at hand: "Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world." I would like to say these examples amount to recombinant memes. I can certainly say along with Charles...
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