...peculiarly my work." From this time on Emerson realized in himself his definition of a great man, " who in the midst of the crowd keeps, with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude." Among the clamorous reforms and philanthropies of the day, he was often reproached with indifference...

...think they know another's duty better than he knows it himself. Our great philosopher has said : " It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." A man's possessions should be rooted in himself to have real value, then no matter how often he is...

...is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson You come to understand yourself through understanding others. History is full of...

...harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. 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...

...ignorance .. . imitation is suicide." In Cleveland, a girl surprised her classmates by quoting perfectly: "The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." Individualism is, of course, uneasy with the notion of emulation. And Emerson himself was ambivalent....

...must do what we are motivated to do, not what others think we should do. "It is easy," Emerson says, "to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own." What's difficult is to keep the independence of solitude in the midst of the crowd. The problem with...

...harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. — SELF-RELIANCE Do you aspire to do what concems you rather than what people think you should do?...

...harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force....

...self who - in traditional Puritan manner - is existentially alone and evolves out of this loneliness. "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude". 26 It is this "independence of solitude" that characterizes Emerson's philosophical thinking and that...

...Published by Old Heidelberg Press 6020-A Adeline, Oakland, CA 94608 regentpress@mindspring.com ... It is easy in the world to live after the world's...great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps... the independence of solitude. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is...