...when, in exasperation with his own title, Emerson asks, 'Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? . . . To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking....rather of that which relies, because it works and is.' "" This self-consuming gesture is like the one in "Uses of Great Men" cited earlier, in which Emerson...

...of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; . . . Why then do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as...rather of that which relies, because it works and is. (CW, 2:40) Emerson emphasizes organic process over final accomplishment, and as in his more conventional...

...becomes; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. (27 1 ) Any established mode or way of life (better or worse), any culture, obscures the universal...

...becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Self-Reliance In the Introduction to this book I claimed that when Nietzsche wrote...

...becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and...rather of that which relies because it works and is. Self-reliance is reliance on "the ever-blessed One," the supreme cause. All things are real by virtue...

...becomes; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside" (271,Herv. im Text)7. wohl oder übel als sein Schicksal anerkennen muss; dass er, obwohl das unendliche...

...becomes; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and...rather of that which relies, because it works and is. —SELF-RELIANCE Do you find exhilaration and energy in "the shooting of the gulfj' in the transition...

...becomes; for that forever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then did we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present there will be power not confident but...

...becomes; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside." Emerson's extreme commitment to motion and change was in part, no doubt, a response to emerging material...

...becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside." No words could better express the revolutionary readiness of Emerson's thought, and his enthusiasm...