The Essay on Self-relianceThe Roycrofters, 1908 - 82 pages |
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Page 70
... the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
... the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find them- selves fitted , and taste and senti- ment will be satisfied also . Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift 70.
Page 71
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force Self- of a whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Insist on youself ; never imitate . Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force Self- of a whole life's cultivation ; but of Reliance the adopted talent of another , you have only an ...
Page 72
Ralph Waldo Emerson. can teach him . Shakespeare will never be made the study of Shakes- Self - peare . Do that which is assigned Reliance thee , and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. can teach him . Shakespeare will never be made the study of Shakes- Self - peare . Do that which is assigned Reliance thee , and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for ...
Page 73
... never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . Its progress is only apparent , like the workers of a treadmill . It undergoes continual changes : it is barbarous , it is civilized , it is christ- ianized , it ...
... never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . Its progress is only apparent , like the workers of a treadmill . It undergoes continual changes : it is barbarous , it is civilized , it is christ- ianized , it ...
Page 82
... think good days are preparing for you . Do not believe it . It can never be so . Nothing can bring you peace but yourself Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles . HERE THEN ENDETH THE ESSAY ON " SELF - RELIANCE 82.
... think good days are preparing for you . Do not believe it . It can never be so . Nothing can bring you peace but yourself Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles . HERE THEN ENDETH THE ESSAY ON " SELF - RELIANCE 82.
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