Self-Reliance, an 1841 essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, contains the most thorough statement of one of his recurrent themes: the need for each person to avoid conformity and false consistency and instead follow their own instincts and ideas.
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Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series (1841)
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1. Self-Reliance (Wikipedia)
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It contains the most thorough statement of one of his recurrent themes: the need for each person to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow their own instincts and ideas.
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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To believe your own thought, to think that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.
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