...lenses through which I viewed the world, making me feel invisible. Nothing can hurt me, I thought. '"The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd," I said, quoting Emerson, "keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.'" Allison looked...

...unembellished existence, that he is able to attain peace of mind. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860 ~ It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ "Self-Reliance," Essays, First Series, 1841 There is no joy but...

...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...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Howard P. Segal, Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine, is an expert on America utopianism...

...heart vibrates to that iron string." "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." "But do your thing and I shall know you. Doyour work andyou shall reinforce yourself." "For nonconformity...

...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...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.188 Troubles separate, and handling them well fosters "the independence of solitude" amid...

...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...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.188 Troubles separate, and handling them well fosters "the independence of solitude" amid...

...live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."10 Emerson now experienced the true hardship of that principle and the peril that lay in...

...and not its result, defines the individual. Emerson describes the self-reliant individual as someone "who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude" (p. 57). This is achieved by trusting completely in one's instincts: "What is the aboriginal Self,...