...meanness. "It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It is easy in the world to...world's opinion : it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the...

...world to li^e aft-er the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own; but Ihp great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweet ness the independence of solitude." This independence of solitude that Tnoreau speaks of is absolutely...

...distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think 160 they know what is your duty better than you know it....with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 165 The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force....

...is attracting our regard. —Furness. One never speaks of himself except at a loss. — Montaigne. It is easy in the world, to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. —Emerson. If you knew the light That your soul casts in my sight, How I look to you For the good...

...life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is...world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...

...meanness. " It is the harder beeause you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It is easy in the world to...world's opinion : it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the...

...arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...

...tri-une relics of barbarism. Not in this way can the health and perpetuity of nations be assured. " It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the...

...leave the rest to heaven." — Pierre Corneille "Every man's task is his life preserver." — "You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it." — Emerson "It is better to do your duty, however imperfectly, than to assume the duties of another...

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