SelfReliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-Relianceby Ralph Waldo Emerson
What does it mean to be self-reliant?
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Envy is ignorance imitation is suicide.

• Calls it a conviction.
• When will a man know what he is capable of?
• - When he has _________.
• Who knows what he is capable of?
• -
• When is a person happy and relieved?
• When he has ________________.

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Trust thyself every heart vibrates to that iron
string.

• Who or what should every person trust?

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The virtue in most request is conformity.
Self-reliance is its aversion.

• Does Emerson see society as a positive or
  negative force?
• Society everywhere is in conspiracy
• Society is a joint-stock company
• What is the opposite of self-reliance?

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Whosoever would be a man would be a
nonconformist.

• What does he mean when he says, do not be
  hindered by the name of goodness, but explore if
  it be goodness?
• Dont assume that something is good because
  everyone has told you it is discover for
  yourself if it is right!
• Nothing is at last sacred but the _______ of
  your ____ _____.

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds

• How can consistency be foolish?
• Ham story
• Speak what you think now in hard words
• When does Emerson think contradicting yourself is
  right??
• To be great is to be misunderstood
• Write your own interpretation of this
• What great people have been misunderstood?